Spending 2.2 billion yen from government contingency support for victims of the heavy rain disaster 11:44 on July 14
In the cabinet meeting on the 14th, the government decided to spend more than 2.2 billion yen from the contingency budget of this year's budget to deliver supplies such as water, food, and masks to the disaster area of this series of heavy rain disaster It was.
The government is providing "push-type" support to the disaster-stricken areas of this series of disasters, where the country sends supplies without waiting for requests from local governments.
In line with this, the government decided at the Cabinet meeting on the 14th to spend 2,201,200,000 yen from the contingency of the budget for this year.
In addition to water and food, the government decided to deliver cardboard beds used at evacuation shelters and masks and disinfectants to the disaster area as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus.
In addition, the government has a policy to put together measures for disaster recovery support and life reconstruction of victims, using the financial resources of more than 400 billion yen, including the disaster recovery budget and contingency. I will urgently consider.