Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project Donates Towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. 

Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project Donates Towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. 

August 18: Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade announced that Rs 25 crore will be donated through Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP) to the chief minister’s relief fund.
The amount will be handed over to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to take up  implement relief works for the flood victims across Karnataka.
Along with this, SKDRDP Executive Director Dr L H Manjunath handed over a cheque of Rs 50 lakhs to Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja towards ‘Kalaji Belthangady Flood Relief Fund’.  The amount will be used  to take up relief works in flood-affected villages in the taluk.
Veerendra Heggade said that as per the survey done by SKDRDP members 20,827 houses were completely damaged and 28,288 families had lost their farm land in Karnataka. 22,711 families had lost all their household articles. It is one of the worst flood witnessed in state. In Belthangady taluk, 174 houses were completely damaged, he added.
School and college students from Belthangady, which are were affected by floods, will receive two pairs of uniforms, textbooks, notebooks, school bags, clothes, and free hostel facilities at SDM educational institutions.