Mangaluru: Mangaluru South Assembly Constituency MLA Vedavyas Kamath on Monday distributed cheques of relief funds for the victims of the floods and heavy rains in the constituency recently. The event was organised at NGO Auditorium near Mini Vidhansoudha in the city here.
Cheques of Rs, Ten thousand each were distributed among 214 people whose houses were damaged due to heavy rain this season. And people of five other houses which were completely damaged were given cheques of Rs. 95,000.
MLA Kamath who chaired the event and distributed the cheques added that the city had witnessed unprecedented rain this season which had caused damages to several houses, fields and other entities of people. He also blamed sand extraction for the flooding in the city.
He further asked people to contact Tahsildar or Revenue officials to enroll and report loss due to rain and floods and to claim relief funds.
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Mullanpur (PTI): Rajasthan Royals defeated Punjab Kings by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday.
Invited to bat, opener Prabhsimran Singh scored 59 up front while Marcus Stoinis provided the final flourish with an unbeaten 62 off 22 balls as Punjab Kings posted 222 for 4.
The Royals then put up a collective batting effort to overhaul the target with four balls to spare.
Earlier, leg spinner Yash Punja picked up two wickets for the visitors.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 222 for 4 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 59, Marcus Stoinis 62 not out; Yash Punja 2/41).
Rajasthan Royals: 228 for 4 in 19.2 overs (Yashasvi Jasiwal 51, Donovan Ferreira 52 not out; Yuzvendra Chahal 3/36)
