Rs 25 cr for Kodagu disaster victims: Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Social Welfare Minister Priyank Kharge said that the state government has been taking all measures required to supply food and other materials and rehabilitate the distressed people in the natural disaster that struck Kodagu district.
To help the people of the district, the Social Welfare department would release Rs 25 crore immediately and directed the senior officers of his department to go to Kodagu and assess the loss due to tragedy, he said.
“Such natural disasters would always have more impact and loss on the helpless people of the society than the rich. The rain is obstructing the estimation of loss of properties. As soon as the rain subsidized, the officials would estimate the loss and take up relief measures”, he said.
He also appealed the employees and officials of boards and corporations coming under the Social Welfare department to help the people of Kodagu district in their time of distress.
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Odisha: Two girls drown while bathing in village pond
Berhampur (Odisha) (PTI): Two girls drowned while bathing in a village pond in Odisha's Ganjam district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Pranjali Dora (11), a class 6 student, and Manini Dora (12), a student of class 7, both residents of Patanda village in Digapahandi police station area, a police officer said.
After returning home from school, they went to the village pond to take a bath like every other day. However, they slipped and fell into deep waters. Locals noticed them drowning and tried to rescue them but failed, he said.
Fire brigade personnel from Digapahandi retrieved the girls after a two-hour search and they were rushed to a nearby community health centre, where doctors declared them dead, Digapahandi police station officer-in-charge Kishor Kumar Samal said.
He said the bodies have been handed over to the respective families after conducting post-mortem examinations at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here.
He said unnatural death cases have been registered and an investigation launched.
