Nirmala Sitharaman Slams Tamil Nadu Government Over Claims Of Delay In Flood Aid

Union Minster Nirmala Sitharaman said 31 people have died in four districts of Tamil Nadu due to heavy rainfall. The Centre has released Rs 900 crore in two installments to Tamil Nadu to be used in this financial year, she said, refuting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who blamed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for failing to forecast heavy rains in the four southern districts. Chennai has ultra-modern equipment, including three dopplers, which, on December 12, had forecast heavy rainfall in four districts, Ms Sitharaman said