Housing Sites to be Provided to 150 Families: All these Families will be Included

August 23: Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary presided over a review meeting on flood relief convened at the deputy commissioner’s office on Thursday. While addressing the gathering he said that housing sites will be provided to the 105 families displaced by the sea erosion, landslides and garbage slide in Dakshina Kannada district.

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that a special rehabilitation package has been sought by the district administration from the government for those displaced by sea erosion in Ullal, garbage slide in Pacchanady and landslides in Ganesh Nagar and Makki.
105 houses in the district are found vulnerable. They include those residing in the houses were relocated to safer places. As many as 27 houses in Pacchanady, 45 houses in Ullal, 16 houses in Ganesh Nagar and 17 houses in Makki were found to be vulnerable to natural calamities.
Minister Srinivas Poojary also mentioned that the owners of completely damaged houses will receive a compensation of Rs 5 lakh, and a compensation from Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh will be released based on the extent of damage. Along with this, a rental allowance of Rs 5,000 will be released every month to the eligible displaced people, he added.