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| Central team terms flood damage severe |
| BS Reporter / Chennai/ Dharwad Oct 24, 2009, 00:57 IST |
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The central team that vis-ited the flood-hit areas of North Karnataka will recommend to the Centre to amend the guidelines for the payment of compensation under the calamity relief fund (CRF).
O Ravi, who led the team that visited Koppal district, said, the farmers had petitio-ned the team that the compensation was not adequate and that there was a need to change the guidelines. Replying to a question on why the Centre had allocated more funds under the CRF to And-hra Pradesh, he said the Centre while fixing the quantum of calamity relief to each state does so only after consulting the respective state governments. “The quantum can be revised only in the 13th Fina-nce Commission Report,” he said.
The Central team that visited the flood-hit areas of North Karnataka has termed the damage as severe. Team member Jitendra Kumar, after visiting the flood-affected areas in Ron and Nargund taluks of Gadag district on Thursday, said the damage caused was extensive and ‘the situation is really serious’. He said, the team will meet Karnataka chief secretary Ranganath and submit a report to the Centre within a week.
The team visited Amargol, Hole Hadagali, Basarkod, Madalageri and Nainapur, and assessed the situation.
In Raichur the team led by R K Sharma visited the flood-affected villages. The team visited Chikkaman-chali, Tungabhadra bridge, Manchali and Tungabhadra villages in Raichur taluk and Kataraki, Chikalparvi, Potnal bridge in Manvi taluk. Sharma said crop, spread over 212,000 hectares were damaged and the damage was estimated at Rs 262 crore. Nearly 200,000 houses have been damaged, causing loss to the tune of Rs 3,289 crore, he added.
Sharma said the team would meet chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in Bangalore before submitting its report to the Centre.
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