Govt. to pay ₹10,000 a month to those who lost houses in Kodagu floods

It will be paid till permanent structures are built

Karnataka Kodagu MADIKERI 23/08/2018 PANAROMIC VIEW OF 
Kalur Devasthuru Janardhan Panathale's house Submerged view after 8days of the Huge Land Slide and Flood near Mandalpatti Madikeri on Thursday . (Calf to Found alive here )
Photo: Sampath Kumar G P

The government has decided to pay ₹10,000 every month to those who lost their houses in the recent floods in Kodagu till permanent structures are built for them, instead of constructing temporary houses.

Speaking to mediapersons, Minister for Housing U.T. Khader on Tuesday said that the idea was to build model houses by spending ₹6 lakh each. “The government’s aim is to offer them quality houses with all facilities,” he said.

The State-level committee had accorded permission to build one lakh houses under the Chief Minister’s Housing Scheme and orders had been issued for construction of over 49,500 houses.

The construction will commence at the earliest, he said. It has also been decided that 23,152 houses would be constructed through the Slum Area Development Board and tenders have been finalised for that, he said.