Dr. Veerendra Heggade announced Rs. 25 crore donation for CM flood relief fund
Mangaluru: Dr. Veerendra Heggade the hereditary administrator of the Dharmastala has announced a donation of Rs. 25 crores to the Chief Minister Flood Relief Fund for the victims of flood in Karnataka.
Dr. Heggade has also announced Rs. 25 Lakhs for Belthangady flood relief camp.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Dr. Heggade added that he will hand over the cheque of Rs. 25 crores to CM on Monday and a cheque of Rs. 50 lakh amount released for the taluk will be handed over to Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja.
According to the survey by the government, 20,827 houses have been damaged and farm lands of over 28 thousand families have been damaged.
Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala will stand by the victims during these times of distress. Basic necessities have also been provided to the victims," he said while adding that SDM Education Trust will also help students who have been affected by the floods in the state.
Dr. Heggade also noted that the organisation has deployed over two lakh trained people in flood relief camps who will help the authorities in case of any further disasters or such incidents.
He also urged the BJP government in the Centre to provide aid to the state for flood relief and rehabilitation work.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
