Stalin announces cash aid to cyclone-affected

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced ₹ 6,000 relief to people affected by cyclone Michaung and also increased payout under other categories including compensation for flood-hit crops. A government statement said Stalin has ordered increasing the compensation for rain-hit crops (33 per cent and above) including paddy from ₹ 13,500 per hectare to ₹ 17,000. If perennial crops and trees had been affected, the compensation per hectare would be hiked to ₹ 22,500 per hectare from ₹ 18,000. For rain-fed crops, the compensation would be increased to ₹ 8,500 from ₹ 7,410 per hectare. The assistance to damaged huts shall be now ₹ 8,000 from ₹ 5,000. Meanwhile, the cyclone death toll has been revised to 27.