Kodagu disaster : Siddaramaiah demands PM visit to Kodagu
‘Constitute experts committee’
Madikeri, August 23: Former chief minister and coalition government coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kodagu as it has incurred heavy loss due to flood, rains and landslides and more than 6000 people were affected and announce the compensation.
After visiting various relief camps here on Thursday, Siddaramaiah said that he came to know about the huge loss due to natural disaster. So, the Prime Minister should visit the district, survey the affected areas and announce the compensation immediately. He would welcome the decision of announcing Rs 500 crore Kerala. In the same manner, let him announce the relief package to Kodagu district, he demanded.
He would advise the state government to constitute an experts committee to assess the loss of properties and lives in the district. He had asked Minister Krishna Byre Gowda to create job opportunities under MNREGS to affected people. He had also advised Housing Minister UT Khader to prepare a programme to ensure temporary and permanent settlement to more than 6000 affected people, he added.
The district administration should take steps to admit the students to hostels immediately. After 1924 and 1964, the district has received this record rains. In Madikeri only, more than 225 inch rainfall was recorded. Because of the continuous rainfall, some villages were disappeared, he said.
Priority should be given to lay roads, power connection, construction of houses, ensuring education to the children, healthcare facility and food grains to all affected people irrespective of APL and BPL beneficiaries, he said.
The Congress MLAs and MPs have decided to give their one month salary to Kodagu and another month’s salary to Kerala flood victims, he said.
The government has been doing well in taking up relief measures. But it should be accelerated further. KPCC has also constituted a relief committee led by Rajya Sabha Member Ramamurthy and the committee would visit the district soon. Later, it would be decided on how to help the district. Already, 50 doctors from KPCC Doctors Cell reached the district and involving in relief works, he said.
Around 600 km rural roads and 150 km PWD roads were damaged in the incident. He was in touch with the Chief Minister and concerned ministers in taking up relief measures in the district. He would also discuss the issue in the Coordination Committee meeting as well, he said.
KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the Relief Committee constituted by the party would collect the donation and contribute to the district. Already, the material collected from the party has reached the district. The party would extend all its support, he said.
KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre, former MP Vijay Shankar, MLC Veena Achaiah, former MLC MC Nanaiah, district Congress president Shivu Madappa, and others were present.
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Man accused of rape-murder of 5-year-old lynched to death in Bengal; Girl’s body found in pond
Alipurduar: A 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by agitated locals in Alipurduar district located in West Bengal on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming he was also involved in the crime, and was subsequently arrested.
The girl went missing on Friday evening. When her family began searching for the girl, they learned that she had last been seen with Mona Roy, as reported by the Indian Express.
The police said that the girl’s body was found floating in a local pond. They added that the locals caught Roy and took him to his residence where they allegedly noticed blood on the bed. Enraged by this, they tied Roy to a tree and started assaulting him.
Roy was beaten to death before the local police could reach the spot.
When the police arrived at the scene, angry locals prevented them from moving the two bodies. Eventually, a large team of police personnel was sent to the location. After two hours, they were able to remove the bodies from the area.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, a man named Bhakta Roy approached the police, claiming that he was involved in the crime and feared for his safety from the angry mob. He was subsequently arrested.
Y. Raghuvanshi, Superintendent of Police, Alipurduar, asserted it is a heinous crime, adding that they have started a detailed investigation in connection to the incident.
