As per the order, financial assistance of Rs 300 per day will continue to be paid from the SDRF to two persons in each affected family that lost its means of livelihood.
Political leaders, too, lashed out at the Centre. Revenue Minister K Rajan accused the Union government of deliberately downplaying the scale of the tragedy.
Anil, who worked as a jeep driver but has remained unemployed since the disaster, was haunted by the knowledge his mother’s mortal remains were buried in two graves.
It noted that despite the Centre classifying the landslides as “severe”, the NDMA did not consider using its powers to direct banks to waive the loans.
