Calcutta, Aug. 10: Mamata Banerjee today said all Trinamul MPs, MLAs and local bodies would participate in a clean-up drive on August 15, hinting she had gulped Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat pill when she needs central cash to repair the deluge damage in Bengal.

"On August 15, all our MPs, MLAs, panchayats and municipalities will clean roads and localities in their areas. This will be carried out between 11am and noon after the flag hoisting on Independence Day," the chief minister said at Nabanna this afternoon before leaving for Delhi.

She did not mention the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, though.

Mamata is expected to meet the Prime Minister on August 12 and place a demand for money required to rehabilitate deluge victims and carry out restoration work across 12 districts in Bengal.

"For this, the Prime Minister needs to announce special relief for the state. If the state needs to get the amount from the National Disaster Response Fund, it would be a time consuming affair as each damage detail given by the state would be scrutinised," said a senior state government official.

So far, the state government or Trinamul had not shown interest in the Swachh Bharat programme.

"While there is much publicity and fanfare around the Swachh Bharat mission, Bengal is silently and with determination delivering on development goals," the chief minister had said in Namkhana in South 24-Parganas on May 7.

Some senior officials said the move by the chief minister was a calculated one.

"The chief minister has hinted that she is ready to accept Modi's line on Swachh Bharat days ahead of a meeting between them to send a message of co-operation. The chief minister badly needs money to deal with the deluge damage," said a senior official.

A cabinet minister told The Telegraph that more than 1 crore people were affected by the deluge and if they didn't get financial assistance soon, it could impact the 2016 Assembly polls.

According to officials dealing with the deluge in the 12 districts, the government has started giving aid from Rs 604 crore in the state disaster response funds.

But the major expenditure would be hereafter. Over 7 lakh houses are damaged, crops on 10 lakh hectares have been ruined, besides severe damage to roads, bridges, embankments and drinking water sources.

"The state would require more money than what it has right now to tackle the situation. Every affected person has to be compensated properly ahead of the polls," said an official.

Though the chief minister said the extent of the damage had been estimated at Rs 30,000 crore, senior government officials said that the state needed at least Rs 2,000 crore immediately to help all the affected.