Rs 3,000-cr required to repair infrastructure in Kodagu, DK, other rain-hit districts

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August 28, 2018

Bengaluru, Aug 28: The chief minister H D Kumaraswamy led government now has to shell out a huge amount to rebuild and repair infrastructure in Kodagu and other districts that were affected by heavy rainfall, flooding and landslides in the last three months.

At least 800 homes were destroyed while 2,225 km roads, 240 bridges and 65 government buildings were severely damaged due to rains since June. The government has estimated that about Rs 3,000 crore is required to rebuild and repair these infrastructures.

A detailed proposal is expected to be submitted to the Union government, with estimated cost for rebuilding, will be prepared in the next two days.

Apart from Kodagu, three coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, and Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Shivamogga, Belagavi and Mysuru were severely affected by the heavy rains.

At a meeting to review rain-related damage in the State, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was informed that ₹3,000 crore was required to put back nearly 2,225 km of National and State Highways, and major district roads besides the 240 bridges that had collapsed. Monday’s meeting took stock of rain-related damage across nine districts in the State that have been battered by rain in the last three months.

The meeting had been convened to discuss proposals to be sent to Union government seeking compensation for the losses suffered. Among the highways that are out of bounds for traffic due to landslides are an NH 275 stretch between Madikeri-Sullia, the NH 75 stretch between Sakleshpur and Gundiya and the NH 234 stretch between Charmadi and Kottigehara.

Mr. Kumaraswamy has asked officials to prepare detailed proposals outlining the damages and estimated costs of for repairing public property, including roads, bridges and buildings; estimated losses to private property; estimated loss to plantation crops such as coffee, pepper and arecanut, and paddy.

Meanwhile, a senior official involved in relief and rehabilitation work said that it would take a few more days to get the final assessment of damages in rain-hit areas since the survey work was still under progress.

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Should consider recommendations from ecological experts.

Reconstruction is the main issue. Should consider nature also. There were many resorts and home stays which built by destroying nature

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Industries minister Jagadesh Shatter's mother passes away

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January 12,2020

Hubballi, Jan 11: Karnataka Industries Minister Jagadeesh Shatter's mother Basvennamma Shivappa Shetter passed away here on Friday evening.

She was 86. She is survived by three sons and a daughter.

The final rituals was held on Saturday, family sources said.

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Manglauru: Muslim orgs to hold awareness meet against CAA, NRC on Jan 15

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, has finally received green signal from the city police to hold an awareness meet against CAA, NRC and NPR on January 15, but on the outskirts of the city.

The Committee, which is a kind of umbrella body of Muslim organisations of the two coastal districts, had twice cancelled its planned protest against the same at Nehru Maidan, in the heart of the city due to permission denial by the city police.

Addressing a press conference here today, Committee chairman, KS Mohammed Masood said that event will be held at Shaha Garden near Central Juma Masjid at Adyar Kannur.

He said that the representatives from the 28 different organisations unanimously finalised the date and venue after a consultations as the police refused to grant permission to hold the event at Nehru Maidan or Town Hall.

Representatives of various organisations including S M Rasheed Haji, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Rafeeuddin Kudroli and Abdul Rasheed Zaini were present at the press meet.

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They giving Permission for RSS Terrorists to make any programs in Nehru Maidan. Why don't for Muslims???

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I quit. Goodbye to this world and depression: Former Bigg Boss contestant Jayashree

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: On Wednesday morning starlet and Bigg Boss 3 contestant Jayashree Ramaiah sent social media into a tizzy with an update that read, “I quit. Goodbye to this f*****g world and depression.” Friends and acquaintances immediately began reaching out to the actor asking her to return their concerned calls and desist from taking any extreme steps.

“Jayashree has been battling depression for a while now. She had family issues and was also concerned about the lack of work,” shares actor Ashvithi Shetty. The Ramachari twins were in touch with Jayashree since they met at a celebrity cricket match four years ago. “She has shared several times about how low she’s been and I would try to cheer her up. But the problem was that she’d keep changing her phone number so often that it became difficult to keep track of how she was doing,” states Ashvithi.

Around four months ago, Jayashree moved into her own home and mentioned to her that she was happy with this new development in her life. “But she went retreated again and a few days ago, I messaged her on social media and she said she was doing fine. So I was shocked to see this update on Wednesday morning,” avers the actor. Repeated calls finally elicited a message from Jayashree that she was getting admitted to the hospital. “But I also got contradictory information that she had been discharged and had been taken to the hospital again but she was refusing to go inside. I am awaiting more clarity on the issue,” sums up Ashvithi.

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