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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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Farooq
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Aug 2018

Should consider recommendations from ecological experts. 

Danish
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Aug 2018

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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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 27: The Centre has adopted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mantra of "Make in India', for India and the world" to build strong defence and security infrastructure in the country, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh after inaugurating the new Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex here on Thursday.

According to an official statement, the Defence Minister said in the last five years, India has made significant progress towards manufacturing military equipment indigenously under the 'Make in India' initiative.

Stressing that the defence industry plays a major role in the economic development of the country, Singh lauded the significant contribution of organisations like HAL.

Highlighting the Rs 35,000 crore exports target set for the coming years, he expressed confidence that HAL, through its various platforms, will contribute significantly to achieve this milestone.

According to the statement, Rajnath Singh commended HAL for being the backbone of the Indian Air Force and meeting the requirements of the Armed Forces.

"The HAL has excelled both in operations and finance in the last five years. It has achieved operational clearance on seven platforms, including Light Combat Aircraft and Light Combat Helicopter, and overhauled platforms like Hawk and SU 30 MKI," he said.

He also appreciated that HAL had a turnover of Rs 19,705 crore till March 2019 and it gave shareholders a healthy dividend of 198 per cent.

HAL also apprised the Defence Minister on the progress of the new design and development programme of indigenous Indian Multi-Role Helicopter (IMRH), the statement informed.

The full-scale mock-up was showcased to Rajnath Singh. The IMRH is proposed as a replacement to the existing medium-lift helicopters such as Mi17's, Kamovs and Seakings which will phase out in the next eight to ten years.

LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL. It is powered by two Shakti engines and inherits many technical features of the Advanced Light Helicopter. LCH has the distinction of being the first attack helicopter to land in Forward Bases at Siachen, 4,700 mts above sea level with 500kg load.

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Thousands of people today boarded boats from Ullal's Kotepura to join a massive protest against the amended Citizenship Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Kasba Bengre, here.

People traveling through boats and steamers decorated with national flags, raised slogans during their journey through the river.

The innovative mode of transportation was used by the protestors to reach the venue, as it not only saved time but was also more convenient for the fishermen, a large number of people from this community joined the protest.

The protestors docked their boats at the shore and reached the venue chanting slogans of azadi.

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abdullah
 - 
Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020

Ma sha Allah.   However, Amit shah has dead body and he is blind+deaf+dumb.   May Allah make his life miserable and let him beg for death. 

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday asked the state chief secretary to take necessary steps in view of the rising rainfall in the state and gave instructions for releasing Rs 50 crore for emergencies.

"CM BS Yediyurappa has instructed Chief Secretary to take appropriate precautions in view of the rise in rainfall activity across the state. CM advised Chief Secretary to keep in touch with district officials and instructed to release Rs 50 crores for emergencies," an official release said.

India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert in a number of districts in the state.

CS Patil, Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Bengaluru said that red alert has been announced in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Chickamagalur, Shivamogga, Kodagu and Hassan due to heavy rainfall in the region from last two-three days.

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