Pune:
Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar
on Friday said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have visited Maharashtra and other affected states to assess the impact of cyclone “Tauktae”.
Modi on Wednesday approved assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for “immediate relief activities” in Gujarat after conducting an aerial survey of areas hit by cyclone “Tauktae” in the state.
“Though ‘
Tauktae’, unlike cyclone ‘Nisarga’, did not cause severe destructions in Maharashtra, there has been considerable damage to property in the state’s coastal areas. The PM should have visited the state,” said Pawar, who was in the city for the weekly Covid-19 review meeting.
“The PM should have also announced assistance for all the states affected by cyclone “Tauktae” after assessment of the damage, as was done for Gujarat. Apart from Maharashtra, coastal states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Goa were affected by cyclone ‘Tauktae’,” he said.
“It would have been nice if the PM, who is the head of the country, visited these states as well and announced the much-needed assistance. Financial assistance was announced for Gujarat, though there was no demand for it,” Pawar added.
Ruling parties in the state on Wednesday had questioned why the PM did not visit Maharashtra and announced assistance only for Gujarat.
CM Uddhav Thackeray visited the cyclone-hit villages in Sindhudurg to assess the damage and pledged relief once the assessment of losses was over.
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