New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- A high-level committee, led by Union home minister Amit Shah, has approved a number of mitigation, recovery and reconstruction projects with a total outlay of Rs.4,645.6 crore in the wake of climate related events that have caused damage in various states, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) said on Wednesday. The projects, the MHA said in a statement, will benefit nine states, including Assam, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. "The committee, comprising of Union finance and agriculture ministers, and Vice Chairman NITI Aayog as members considered the proposal for financial assistance to the states from National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF)," MHA said. In Assam, the committee has approved the restoration and rejuvenation of wetlands plan of Rs.692.05 crore. "The implementation of this project will enhance wetland capacity, create flood storage, increase flood resilience, protect the aquatic environment and will help in economic growth through improved fisheries infrastructure," the statement said. The committee also approved the Urban Flood Risk Management Programme (UFRMP) Phase-2 for eleven cities, viz. Bhopal, Bhubhaneshwar, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna, Raipur, Trivandrum, Vishakhapatnam, Indore and Lucknow, with a total outlay of Rs.2,444.42 crore to be funded from the NDMF. "The programme will complement the states in mitigating risk of urban flooding in their cities through uniform structural and non-structural intervention measures, " it said....