Kodiyeri slams Centre for excluding Kerala from flood relief fund

Thiruvananthapuram | Saturday | 11th January, 2020

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In his Facebook post, Kodiyeri alleged that the Union Government has given only Rs 2,904 crore when the state sought Rs 5,616 crore. The Centre has also rejected the state’s relief request as part of a special package. The Centre had earlier refused to accept the UAE government financial aid to the state and prevented the state ministers’ foreign trip for collecting relief fund. Union minister of state V Muraleedharan should comment on this, Kodiyeri said. The Centre had earlierreleased an interim financial aid of Rs 3,200 crore to four states, which again did not include Kerala..