‘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.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Two former Chinese defence ministers sentenced to death for corruption
Beijing (PTI): Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve over graft charges on Thursday, official media reported.
Their sentences were separately handed down by China's military court, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Wei was convicted of accepting bribes, while Li was convicted of both accepting and offering bribes, the agency reported, citing the court rulings.
Wei and his successor Li, who worked under President Xi Jinping's watch, were expelled from the ruling Communist Party in 2024. They were also former members of the Central Military Commission headed by Xi.
Wei served as Defence Minister from 2018 to 2023, and Li barely served a few months as his successor.
Both Wei and Li headed the People's Liberation Army's all-important Rocket (Missile) Force, established in 2015 as part of Xi’s military overhaul.
Wei, who headed the rocket force from its inception until 2017 and later served as the defence minister, was detained and expelled from the ruling Communist Party over corruption charges.
Li was personally picked up for the top defence post by Xi himself.
After Li’s sacking, several of its top officials were removed and charged with corruption.
Since he came to power in 2012, President Xi has carried out a massive anti-corruption campaign in which over a million officials, including several generals, have been punished.
