PM in Sikkim, visit quake-hit areas; announces Rs1,000 crore
IANS
Gangtok: September 29
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday arrived in Sikkim on a daylong visit to assess and review the damage caused by the Sep 18 earthquake.
Prime Minister Singh announced a Rs1,000 crore grant to Sikkim to tide over the devastation caused by the September 18 earthquake that killed 80 people and caused large scale damage to private property.
“The Prime Minister announced a Rs1,000 crore package to Sikkim and also assured all help and cooperation from the central government to fight the tragedy and devastation caused by the earthquake,” a Sikkim government spokesperson said.
Manmohan Singh made the announcement during a meeting with Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling at capital Gangtok.
Before that Singh made an aerial survey of the worst-affected north Sikkim areas.
“On arrival in Gangtok after making the aerial survey, the prime minister visited the injured at the Sikkim Manipal Hospital,” a government spokesperson said.
The prime minister was expected to announce a financial package which he did, for Sikkim to tide over the devastation caused by the 6.8-magnitude tremor that rocked the region Sep 18 and killed close to 80 people and left about 350 injured in the state
IANS
Gangtok: September 29
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday arrived in Sikkim on a daylong visit to assess and review the damage caused by the Sep 18 earthquake.
Prime Minister Singh announced a Rs1,000 crore grant to Sikkim to tide over the devastation caused by the September 18 earthquake that killed 80 people and caused large scale damage to private property.
“The Prime Minister announced a Rs1,000 crore package to Sikkim and also assured all help and cooperation from the central government to fight the tragedy and devastation caused by the earthquake,” a Sikkim government spokesperson said.
Manmohan Singh made the announcement during a meeting with Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling at capital Gangtok.
Before that Singh made an aerial survey of the worst-affected north Sikkim areas.
“On arrival in Gangtok after making the aerial survey, the prime minister visited the injured at the Sikkim Manipal Hospital,” a government spokesperson said.
The prime minister was expected to announce a financial package which he did, for Sikkim to tide over the devastation caused by the 6.8-magnitude tremor that rocked the region Sep 18 and killed close to 80 people and left about 350 injured in the state
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