<P> Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced relief package for those affected by the floods . It included Rs. 200 crore assistance for Jammu region and the valley and Rs. 3.5 lakh for the kin of those who lost their lives in the disaster which includes Rs. 2 lakh announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Omar also announced financial assistance of Rs. 75,000 as initial installment for those who lost their homes . Free food supply will be supplied to the affected for six months which includes 50 kg of rice . </P> <P> The United India Insurance Company also presented a cheque of Rs. 1 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for flood - affected people of the State . People from unaffected areas of Kashmir set up relief camps, collected and distributed relief among flood - ravaged people of Srinagar city . Jammu and Kashmir government ministers have called it the equivalent of Hurricane Katrina in Kashmir . Further, to help the people of Jammu & Kashmir, to build back all the damaged infrastructure, a student - professor duo, Saqib Gulzar and A.R. Dar at NIT Srinagar came up with Preliminary Guidelines for Repair, Restoration, Retrofitting & Rebuilding of Building Structures in Flood Affected Areas of Jammu & Kashmir . These guidelines were well received by the people of Jammu and Kashmir and helped them in building back the infrastructure damaged by the floods . </P>

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