Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced in Madikeri on Thursday that he would release ₹100 crore to the flood-affected Kodagu as the first instalment towards carrying out relief and rehabilitation works.
Out of the ₹536-crore special package announced for the district recently, ₹100 crore would be released as immediate relief and the funds would be credited on Friday itself, he said.
The Chief Minister was speaking after going through a presentation on the havoc caused by rain and floods early this month in the district, on Kudige’s Sainik School campus.
Mr. Yediyurappa said rain had wreaked havoc and caused extensive damage in Kodagu, which was already devastated by floods and landslips last year.
“The special package was announced during a meeting in Bengaluru recently, and accordingly I am releasing the funds,” he said after a meeting with elected representatives and officials.
Minister for Revenue R. Ashok, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar, MLAs K.G. Bopaiah and Appachu Ranjan, Pratap Simha, MP, and Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy took part in the meeting.