Kerala floods caused damage worth Rs 20,000 crore: Assocham

The Indian Chamber of Commerce Association (Assocham) reported that the devastating flood of Kerala province could result in a loss of Rs. 20,000 to Rs.

The state faced 250% more rain than usual during the period from August 8th to 15th, so the authorities had to discharge water from 80 dams that accumulated water up to their marginal capacity. So far, more than 200 people have been killed by the flood and millions of people are evacuating.

According to reports, the country's worst flood damage in the first century will be deviated within a few months - mainly tourism, cash crops, trade including international trade in Kochi and other ports, and millions of people Life has an adverse effect. Man

About 8 billion rupees in the state, tourism and agriculture, each product accounts for about 10% (tourism 10 and agriculture a little more) in GDP of rice, pepper, soybean meal, cashew nut, tea, coffee, coconut. And domestic and foreign trade greatly contribute. Foreign trade includes not only the export of cash crops and other industrial products and services from Kerala State but also commercial activities from three international ports from Kochi and other ports and provinces. At the moment all these elements of domestic GDP are in perfect state of confusion and destruction and the Chamber of Commerce says it will accept the input of the state.

Countries with the most remittances from NRI will seek assistance to offset the economic losses.

The flood destroyed 27,000 homes and flooded 45,000 hectares of agricultural land. Officials said that 134 bridges, 16,000 km public sector roads and 82,000 km local roads were completely destroyed.

"Long-term impact not only hinders rescue and recovery, it also takes a long time to rebuild the basic infrastructure such as roads, re-installation of utility pole, broadband cable, cleaning of mountain roads, landslides, etc. As far as the impact is concerned, public agencies draw their own estimates, but the report adds that it can be said that the loss could be as much as Rs 200 million.

DS Rawat quasi secretary general said that tourism and cash crops are the lifeblood of Kerala. When these two people are completely paralyzed with a long-term shock, the loss is enormous, and 100,000 people are in trouble. "

In addition to some isolated storms, the Meteorological Bureau stated that Kerala's rainfall will further decline over the next five days starting on Monday and will bring some breathing zones for flood disasters.

MANGALURU: Due to the serious damage of Kerala State, the country known as the 'Kingdom of God' suffered great economic loss, may be estimated to be mainly tourists, intertwined effects of 15,000 to 20,000 rupees, several months I do not think so. Rapid evaluation of ASSOCHAM not only shocked millions of lives but also found cash crops including international trade from Kochi and other ports. "The state's gross domestic product is about 10% of the country's gross domestic product of 80,000 rupees, tourism and agriculture, mainly rice, pepper, cardamom, cashew nuts, tea, coffee, coconut, respectively (tourism 10 and agriculture a little more) Includes not only the export of cash crops and other industrial products and services from Kerala but also the commercial activities of three international ports such as Kochi and port.

Damage to lives and property: Over 70 people have died from rain related cases so far and are still going on. Large damage to rupees 8. Monsoon rain continues to cause asset loss of 31.6 billion yuan. Nearly 60,000 people who were homeless because of the floods were transported to more than 2,000 relief camps. As a result of avalanche by continuous shower, the northern part of the state suffered great damage to roads, houses and other infrastructure. Kerala reported 211 floods and landslides, of which about 324 people were killed and some others were injured

Council president Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Mohdi to declare a natural disaster in Kerala. Prime Minister Pinariyi Vijayan called it the worst flood in Kerala state in the 1st century, but he said the state needs at least Rs. Immediate support of 200 billion rupees. While special trains carrying drinking water and rice are being sent to the state, helicopters are giving up emergency food and water supplies in Kerala. Together from the week, naval runways are used for passenger flights.