Belguam: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday morning assured people that the government will adequately manage floods in the state while also announcing a compensation of Rs. five lakh to the families of those killed in the floods.

Speaking to reporters in Belgaum on Thursday, the CM added that new houses will be constructed for those who have lost their homes in the flood.

“We will construct houses for those who have lost their houses in the floods, property loss will be compensated” he said.

He further added that a team consisting leaders like former CM Jagdish Shettar, KS Eshwarappa, Shobha Karandlaje, Kota Srinivas Poojary, Pratap Simha, BY Raghavendra and CM Udasi was formedwhich will monitor the flood-hit areas and the relief work in the region.

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Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.

A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.

He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.

During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.

Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.

As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.