Rs. 3.25 cr. released for calamity relief

By Our Staff Correspondent

HASSAN, OCT. 16. The State Government has released Rs. 3.25 crores as the first installment for natural calamity relief works in eight districts affected by the recent spell of heavy rains. More funds will be released next week after complete damage assessment reports are received from the Deputy Commissioners concerned, Mr. H.C. Srikantaiah, Revenue Minister, has said.

He told presspersons here that Rs. 50 lakhs each had been released for Mandya, Hassan, Raichur and Gulbarga, Rs. 45 lakhs for Koppal, Rs. 30 lakhs for Mysore and Rs. 25 lakhs each for Chitradurga and Davangere districts. The funds would be utilised for repairing breached tanks and houses which had collapsed, he said. The State had requested the Centre for financial assistance. Separate funds would have to be allocated for road repairs through the Minor Irrigation and Public Works departments, he said and added that funds earmarked for natural calamity relief could not be diverted or utilised for road repairs.

Asked about achievements of the Revenue Department in the past year, he said computerisation was in progress. On account of land resurvey work ordered in Maddur taluk, it had been dropped from the centrally- sponsored model scheme to computerise all government departments there. Instead, Yadgir and Channarayapatna taluks had been selected.

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