Bellary: Expressing satisfaction over
the infrastructural help provided by the Centre for flood-hit
districts of the state, Karnataka Chief Minister B S
Yeddyurappa on stuck with his demand of a relief package of
Rs 10,000 crore from the UPA government.
Yeddyurappa, who is on a tour to the rain-affected
districts, told reporters here that the Centre had extended
all assistance to the state in the form of helicopters, boats
and National Disaster Response Force teams to carry out relief
and rescue operations.
However, he reiterated his appeal for Rs 10,000 crore
central aid for carrying out relief measures before Home
Minister P Chidambaram and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who
were scheduled to conduct an aerial survey of the district
today.
Yeddyurappa said he would also seek help from other
states to tackle the flood situation.
He said the government, to begin with, had decided to
build one lakh houses for those whose dwellings had collapsed
or had been damaged in flood waters.
Private institutions like JSS, Jindal Group and Art of
Living Foundation have come forward to build 5,000 houses each
while Sri Manjunatha Trust of Dharmasthala has volunteered to
build 10,000 houses for the homeless, the chief minister said.
He said a day-long 'padayatra' would be undertaken by
ministers, MLAs and MPs in Bangalore to muster relief from the
public for flood victims.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, October 05, 2009, 17:41