Bengaluru, August 20: Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the state government has decided to construct prefabricated houses for those who lost their houses in the flood, landsliding and rains in Kodagu district.

After holding a meeting with the officials here on Monday and flagging off the trucks which carried the relief materials from the Siddhartha Institute, Parameshwar said that prefabricated houses could be erected in a single day and such a technology would be used to construct houses for the distressed people in the district. Those who lost their houses should be provided shelter immediately. So, he held discussion with the Chief Minister on constructing the prefabricated houses. As soon as the rain stopped, the government would take up the work, he said.

Pre-scheduled programme

His Singapore trip was prescheduled due to which he had been to Singapore at the time of natural disaster. But he was getting daily updates, he clarified.

When asked about Minister HD Revanna’s attitude, Parameshwar said that Revanna would not do such attitude. He has real concerns over the flood victims due to which he has sent milk and food items from the Hassan milk federation, he justified.



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Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.

It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.

Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.

Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.

Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.