<p>An inter ministerial central team deputed by the Home Ministry visited rain ravaged villages in Puducherry on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The team led by Joint Secretary to the Ministry Rajiv Sharma also visited coastal villages and wrapped up its two-day tour here and left for neighbouring Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>Speaker of Puducherry Assembly R Selvam explained to the team the unprecedented havoc the floods had caused in several villages in Manavely area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/rains-lash-puducherry-normal-life-hit-1052009.html" target="_blank">Rains lash Puducherry; normal life hit</a></strong></p>.<p>District Collector of Puducherry Purva Garg and officials of the Department of Revenue including Deputy Collector M Kandasamy accompanied the team during its trip and explained to them the sufferings of different sections of people in the recent rains.</p>.<p>After a meeting with the team on Monday, the CM had announced that all families holding either red or yellow colour family ration card would be paid a flood relief of Rs 5000 per family.</p>.<p>Puducherry and Karaikal regions were pounded by heavy rains since last nearly two weeks holding the people to ransom and causing extensive damage to farm lands, house and huts.</p>.<p>The damage caused by flood to the bed dams in interior villages was also reported and a large extent of area in Bahoor was water logged.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>An inter ministerial central team deputed by the Home Ministry visited rain ravaged villages in Puducherry on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The team led by Joint Secretary to the Ministry Rajiv Sharma also visited coastal villages and wrapped up its two-day tour here and left for neighbouring Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>Speaker of Puducherry Assembly R Selvam explained to the team the unprecedented havoc the floods had caused in several villages in Manavely area.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/rains-lash-puducherry-normal-life-hit-1052009.html" target="_blank">Rains lash Puducherry; normal life hit</a></strong></p>.<p>District Collector of Puducherry Purva Garg and officials of the Department of Revenue including Deputy Collector M Kandasamy accompanied the team during its trip and explained to them the sufferings of different sections of people in the recent rains.</p>.<p>After a meeting with the team on Monday, the CM had announced that all families holding either red or yellow colour family ration card would be paid a flood relief of Rs 5000 per family.</p>.<p>Puducherry and Karaikal regions were pounded by heavy rains since last nearly two weeks holding the people to ransom and causing extensive damage to farm lands, house and huts.</p>.<p>The damage caused by flood to the bed dams in interior villages was also reported and a large extent of area in Bahoor was water logged.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>