While Prime Minister's home state just got handed a relief package of Rs 500 crore for the flood-affected districts, ex-gratia for the injured and kin of the deceased, the less fortunate north-eastern state of Assam is still lurking for attention.

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday rushed to take an aerial view of the flood-ravaged areas in north Gujarat after President Ram Nath Kovind's swearing-in and a slew of ex-gratias followed soon

Injured are entitled to compensation of Rs 50,000, while the kin of deceased will get Rs 2 lakh as relief- but only in Gujarat.

Assam has been reeling under the worst ever flood situation in decades, nearly 17 lakh people's lives have been rummaged, over 77 killed, swathes of croplands inundated and an inter-ministerial team started for the state only on Tuesday, July 25.

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This comes after Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 18 and urged the Centre to help. The Union government is yet to extend financial assistance.

The Assam government has sought an interim assistance of Rs 2,939 crore from the central government to deal with destruction caused by floods as an inter-ministerial team arrived in the state on Tuesday.

Criticising Centre's inaction, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the Prime Minister rushed to Gujarat and announced interim relief and ex-gratia for the victims while no such treatment was rendered for the people of Assam.

Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Ripun Bora today said, "Our state witnesses a serious flood scenario almost every year but the Modi government that promised achhe din (good times) showed no sincerity towards the problem."

60 PER CENT FALL IN FUNDS

Modi visited Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar and Tamil Nadu during the floods but is yet to steer his attention to Assam- which has been grappling with flash floods during monsoons for the past three years now.

A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has observed that there has been a 60 per cent shortfall in release of central funds to Assam for implementing flood management programme.

In the report tabled in Parliament today, the CAG noted that the Centre was to share Rs 2043.19 crore with Assam for implementing 141 projects in the state between 2007-08 and 2015-16. Out of this, it released Rs 812.22 crore, a shortfall of Rs 1230.97 crore or 60 per cent.

The team led by Joint Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs V Shashank Shekhar will conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation and will be visiting flood affected areas of Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Majuli, Barpeta, Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts of Assam till Friday, July 28.