Kodagu displaced people to get Rs 10K compensation per month: Minister U.T. Khader
Bengaluru, September 25: Housing and Urban Development Minister U.T. Khader said that the government has decided to give Rs 10,000 as monthly compensation for each family which lost its house in the natural disaster in the district till the displaced people were rehabilitated.
Speaking at the Vikasa Soudha here on Tuesday, the Minister said that the proposal to construct temporary sheds was dropped. Till the houses were constructed for the affected people, the government has decided to give Rs 10,000 compensation to each of the families which lost everything. Around 700-800 families have lost their houses in the disaster in the district and they were identified. It was decided to construct model houses at a cost of Rs 6 lakh each on the place to be identified by the deputy commissioner, he said.
The sanctioning of 72,370 houses of beneficiaries under the Rajiv Gandhi Housing Scheme who have not yet uploaded the progress of their houses through online was withheld. Total 37,508 beneficiaries have uploaded their details. Of them, the details of 19,000 beneficiaries were proper and as the details of remaining 18,000 beneficiaries were not correct, they were rejected. Remaining 34,822 beneficiaries have not yet uploaded their details in online. Even then, in order to protect the genuine beneficiaries, the government has given another chance to upload the details till October 15, he said.
If the beneficiaries get the certified copy from the panchayat development officer, they could upload their details during the extended time. They could call ‘Spandana’ call centre (toll free number- 23118888) for more details, the minister said.
Under the Chief Minister’s one lakh houses, total 49,500 beneficiaries were identified in Bengaluru. Tender process would be completed by October 10 and houses would be constructed shortly. In the second phase, selection process of the candidates would be conducted soon, he said.
In the slums, 23,153 houses including 15,747 in South and 7,406 houses in North would be constructed. Bengaluru city would get 6,367 houses, while Hassan-877, Mandya- 1,500, Chamarajnagar-500, Chikmagalur-530, Shivamogga-250, Chitradurga- 1,931, Davangere 755, Mysuru- 1,693, Bagalkot- 784, Dharwad- 500, Gadag- 644, Belagavi-749, Vijayapura- 2,100, Kalaburgi- 1,300 and Bidar- 250 houses, the Minister said.
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Bank manager shot dead in fit of rage by security manager upset by salary, denied leave
Lucknow (PTI): A security guard of a Ghaziabad bank upset over leave and salary related issues walked into the manager's cabin and shot him dead, police said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old manager of the Loni branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank was rushed to a hospital on Monday where he was declared dead, they said.
The security guard, Ravindra Hooda (50) and his accomplice, Shishupal (57), have been arrested, police said.
"The security guard along with his accomplice entered the cabin of the bank manager and fired at him. The injured bank manager was taken to GTB Hospital in Delhi for treatment, where doctors declared him as dead," police said in a statement.
SHO Loni Border Manish Bist on Tuesday said the bank manager, Abhishek Kumar, was from Patna. He has been posted in Ghaziabad since August 2025, and was living in a rented house with his wife.
Police said that during interrogation, Hooda said he had been working in the branch for the past two and a half months.
"He said his salary was reduced, and when he would ask for leave, it was refused. Following this, there was an argument with him (Abhishek Kumar)," the police statement said.
He said he fired at the bank manager in anger and that Shishupal was present with him during the incident, it added. Hooda and Shishupal were from the same village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said a case under section 103 (1) (punishment for murder) of the BNS has been registered against him. Police have recovered a double-barrel gun and ammunition and the Arms Act has also been slapped on the accused, the statement said.
