Long with rebuilding public and private infrastructure and rehabilitating flood-affected people, the state government has announced an additional relief package for the affected people. On Monday, the sub-committee for post-flood monitoring headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also set up an expert panel to study the floods in western Maharashtra and recommend measures to mitigate them in the future.

The state government has offered free ration to the affected people for the next three months. The farmers will get a complete crop loan waiver for a landholding of up to 1 hectare. Those who didn’t avail crop loans will get thrice the amount of damage compensation approved by the assessors. Power bills for agricultural pumps will not be recovered in the next three months too.