The Tribal Development Department has sanctioned Rs.35 lakh to disburse provision to the tribal people in the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) or monkey fever-hit areas in the district.
The amount was sanctioned under the food support project of the department, Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Tribes P.K. Jayalakshmi said in a press release here on Wednesday. Earlier, the department had allocated Rs.10 lakh to the Health Department and Rs.9 lakh to the Animal Husbandry Department to execute preventive measures to combat the spread of the disease, Ms. Jayalakshmi said.
Apart from this, the department would hand over Rs.2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased as solatium and Rs.10,000 each to the KFD-affected persons, the Minister said.
