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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will lead an all-party delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. In his letter, Vijayan said about 27,000 people were living in relief camps and 965 villages have been badly hit. The state has demanded more force from the Centre to assist the state machinery. The team will be urging the prime minister to send a central team to assess the damage caused to the crops and households in the floods.Already, Vijayan has written to Union home minister Rajnath Singh seeking central assistance for flood relief operations. The state would also be putting forward the recommendations submitted by the state government on Kasturirangan report, which has not been considered by the Centre..