Udupi admn. told to seek ₹100 crore from Centre to prevent sea erosion
The Hindu
Home Minister and in-charge of Udupi district Basavaraj Bommai on Monday asked the district administration to prepare a proposal to seek ₹100 crore as special compensation from the Union government to
Home Minister and in-charge of Udupi district Basavaraj Bommai on Monday asked the district administration to prepare a proposal to seek ₹100 crore as special compensation from the Union government to address sea erosion issues. Speaking at a review meeting in Udupi, the Minister said that Cyclone Tauktae and other factors have resulted in 9,115 m of coastal area eroding causing more than ₹90 crore loss. A special compensation will have to be sought to take up a project to prevent sea erosion permanently. The Home Minister said that a full-fledged team of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will be sanctioned for the district.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.