PM Modi declares Rs 2 lakh Ex-gratia to kin of deceased in Wayanad: George Kurian | ABP News

Union Minister George Kurian on August 1 said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the compensation of Rs 2 lakhs for the relatives of people who lost their lives in Wayanad landslide and Rs 50,000 for the injured. 
“I am being sent by the prime minister here...Several columns of the army and NDRF are here and two columns of DSE are here already. The Army and Air Force have had their six helicopters here since yesterday including one Navy helicopter. They are dropping food because some people are without connection. They are that way. They aren't getting any food or anything because only one road is there to reach the villages and it is damaged... Yesterday morning, the PM declared the compensation of Rs 2 lakhs from the centre for the relatives of the persons who lost their lives and Rs 50,000 for the injured. In the early morning itself, the prime minister's office contacted me and I was directed to reach here...,” said George Kurian.