K’taka flood: HDD writes to PM Modi to seek Rs 5,000 cr as assistance
Team Udayavani, Aug 12, 2019, 2:58 PM IST
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) leader Deve Gowda on Monday wrote to PM Modi asking the Centre to release Rs 5,000 crore for immediate relief in the state.
Earlier HDD had said that the flood situation in the state had worsened and urged the Prime Minister to declare the floods in Karnataka as National disaster of severe nature and extend additional support at the earliest.
Meanwhile, rescue and relief works are on in full swing in flood-ravaged districts of Karnataka, with a let-up in the rains and water receding in most of the affected areas, officials said here on Monday.
With the situation improving, the search is on for those who have gone missing and efforts are being made to reach out to those who need to be evacuated.
However, due to heavy inflow into various reservoirs and release of water from there, caution is being maintained in areas surrounding dams, officials said, adding that work is also on to clear roads that were flooded or blocked due to landslides.
Eighty taluks of 17 districts in Karnataka have been affected due to floods and rains.
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