24 rain-related deaths in Karnataka
The Hindu
Bommai holds emergency meet to review rain damage
The State Government has estimated the extensive damage in South-Interior Karnataka region due to untimely rains in November in which 24 persons have died and crops on 5 lakh hectares have been destroyed.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who held an emergency meeting on Sunday night, has ordered a joint survey to assess the exact extent of damage.
As much as ₹689 crore, available with Deputy Commissioners, will be utilised for relief work and ₹1 lakh will be released as first instalment for those who lost their homes. Finance Department has been directed to release ₹500 crore for repair of roads to PWD and RDPR Departments.
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