Madhya Pradesh floods: Govt forms cabinet task force to coordinate relief work

The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a task force comprising 12 cabinet ministers to look after relief work in the wake of severe flooding in several districts of the state.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a slew of measures to help the people in areas affected by floods following heavy rains and formed a task force, comprising 12 cabinet ministers, to look after the relief work. In a statement issued late Sunday evening, Chouhan also said the families of those who died in the floods will be given a financial assistance of Rs four lakh each.