PM announces ex-gratia relief for Leh flash flood victims

New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) India's Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Friday expressed grief over the loss of life and
property in the flash floods in Leh in Jammu and Kashmir and
announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs one lakh each to the kin
of the deceased.
"The Prime Minister is grieved to learn about the loss
of life and property in the flash floods which hit Leh after a
cloud burst" Thursday night, a PMO statement said.
He announced an ex-gratia relief from the PM's
National Relief Fund of Rs one lakh each to the kin of those
killed and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured, it said.
Flash floods struck Leh town in western part of
India's northernmost state of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday night
killing 59 people. PTI more