‘Kodagu natural disaster: Govt to build 1,174 houses for affected people’
Madikeri, October 04: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that based on the district administration report, the state government would construct the houses for the 1,174 families which lost their houses in the natural disaster.
Reviewing the situation at visiting Madenadu, Jodupala, Monnangeri villages which witnessed landslides and floods in Madikeri on Thursday, the Minister said that total 50,000 special ration kits were supplied to Kodagu district and he had taken special interest in food supply by staying here for two days and the kits were given to the deserving beneficiaries, he added.
Till the houses were constructed for the affected families, the government has decided to give Rs 10,000 financial assistance to those families and 35 kg ration would be distributed even for the next month too, he added.
The state government was finding it difficult to waive off the loans taken from the self help groups. Already, the government has taken a decision to waive off Rs 34,000 crore farm loans which is big burden. So, it was not possible to waive off the self help group loans. At the same time, the minister also said that he would discuss with the Chief Minister on waiving off the loans of affected people availed from self help groups, he said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
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.
