Chandigarh: The Haryana government today released Rs 87 crore to various departments for repair of infrastructure damaged during the recent floods and for other relief measures in the state even as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced the conversion of short-term cooperative loans worth Rs 201.21 crore into medium-term loans in six flood-affected districts.

The Centre has also agreed to send an inter-ministerial team led by Joint Secretary RP Nath to visit Haryana on July 19 and 20 for an on-the-spot assessment of the flood situation in the state.

The team is being sent in response to the request of Hooda to the Prime Minister. Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Naresh Gulati said Rs 40 crore had been released to the Public Works (Building and Roads) Department, Rs 20 crore to the Power Department, Rs 20 crore to the Urban Local Bodies Department, Rs 4 crore to the Irrigation Department, Rs 3 crore to the Health Department, Rs 1.5 crore to the Public Health Engineering Department and Rs 50 lakh to the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department for carrying out relief operations in the flood-affected areas.

Hooda said in Ambala district, loans amounting to Rs 71 crore would be converted into medium-term loans, followed by Rs 55 crore in Kaithal district, Rs 46 crore in Kurukshetra district, Rs 22.09 crore in Fatehabad district, Rs 6.12 crore in Sirsa and Rs 1 crore in Yamunanagar. Besides, the Haryana Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (HAFED) had been directed to arrange 4.50 lakh metric tonnes of DAP at a cost of Rs 430.42 crore and 5 lakh metric tones of urea at a cost of Rs 255.50 crore as advised by the Agriculture Department.