The is likely to consider a specialcompensation packageunder the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the districts affected byCyclone Tauktae.<\/p>\n
State cabinet ministerUday Samant, who is also Ratnagiri guardian minister, demanded a specialrelief packageon the lines of that given last year to those affected by Cyclone Nisarga, which had made a landfall in Raigad district.<\/p>\n
Last year, in the wake of Cyclone Nisarga, the state government had hiked the per hectare compensation under NDRF for horticultural land to Rs 50,000 from Rs 25,000, for damaged houses to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 95,000, and for partially damaged houses to Rs 15,000 from Rs 6,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"