Even as the Centre on Tuesday sanctioned over Rs 700 crore as compensation against the Rs3,700 crore sought by the state towards the rainfall-related losses inMaharashtralast year, the preliminary estimate of this years losses has been pegged at Rs4,000 crore till now, with damages to government infrastructure making up for a large chunk.

As thetollrose to 209, the state cabinet is likely to announce a special compensation package for Konkan and Western Maharashtra region that were worst hit. The compensation will be on the lines of that announced during the Nisarg and Tauktae .

The state governments compensation proposal to the Centre for rain-related losses last year was over Rs 3,721 crore. The State Government had sanctioned Rs 4,375 crore from its coffers for the affected districts. The central norms for compensation were drafted in 2015. The state has been hiking the norms and giving compensation, therefore a large burden falls on the state.