Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Saturday urged the Centre to declare the crisis a “national calamity”.
She has also appealed to the Centre and state government to make every effort at relief and rehabilitation, according to a statement from Congress.
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, who spoke to the PM on phone, demanded immediate steps so that the stranded people are shifted to safer places more efficiently and effectively. He demanded that the floods be declared a national calamity. Mr Azad requested the PM to immediately place funds at the disposal of the state government so that the rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations are carried out in an effective and co-ordinated manner.