Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with senior cabinet ministers arrived in Leh on Tuesday on a day-long visit to take stock of relief and rehabilitation undertaken in the aftermath of flash floods and is expected to announce a Rs 250-crore package for the victims. 

The Prime Minister is accompanied by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Saifuddin Soz.

 The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit some of the hospitals where the injured in last week’s natural calamity have been admitted for treatment.

 Singh will chair a meeting with senior officials regarding relief and rehabilitation measures taken in the area.

 The Prime Minister had promised in his Independence Day address that every possible effort would be made to provide relief to those affected by the calamity.

 Singh had earlier announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs one lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured from the PM’s National Relief Fund.