K’taka floods: Immediately release Rs 10,000 crore, BSY requests Centre
Team Udayavani, Aug 13, 2019, 11:46 AM IST
Shivamogga: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, who is in Shivamogga to review the situation in the city requested the Centre to release financial assistance of Rs 10,000 crore immediately for the state which is reeling under floods caused by incessant rains.
“The situation is very bad. Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also conducted an inspection. There is a loss of over Rs 50,000 crore in the state. On August 16, I am going to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister regarding this. Today I will meet local MLAs in Shivamogga and discuss the situation. I request Government of India to release 10,000 crores immediately,” Yediyurappa was quoted speaking to ANI.
Floods in Karnataka have claimed the lives of 48 people while 12 others are missing, official data said on Tuesday.
The maximum number of deaths has occurred in Belagavi district where 13 people have been killed while four others are missing. A total of 4, 08,322 people have been rescued from the district and evacuated to safer places, the data showed.
As many as 1,224 relief camps are currently operational in the state with 3,93,956 people taking shelter in them.
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