On Monday, in wake of the flash floods in Kerala, Congress leader, and MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandi write a latter to Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to expand the scope of works under MGNREGA and increase the minimum guaranteed days of employment to a family to 200 days.

#RahulGandhi urges Union MInister #NarendraSinghTomar to expand the scope of works under #MGNREGA for the #Kerala for enabling the state take up needed #flood rehabilitation works and also increase the minimum guaranteed days of #employment to a family to 200 days.

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— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) August 26, 2019

In the letter dated August 23, 2019, Gandhi said that Kerala has witnessed one of the worst floods in the last few decades. Heavy rains, flooding, and landslides have left people homeless and rendered thousands of houses uninhabitable due to mud and silt deposition.