The district administration held a meet comprising representatives from all walks of life in the district to discuss the mode of possible aid and other potentials supporting the victims of the flood areas of the northern part of the State.
''Joint participation of the private stakeholders with the government to take up the public cause will yield positive prospects,'' said Udupi Deputy Commissioner P Hemalatha.
The Minister for Jail and Horticulture Umesh V Katti informed that a sum of Rs 5 crore is allotted for various programmes taken up in the horticulture sector under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the district, he said.
In the backdrop of ban on iron ore laden lorries, Iron Ore Lorry Owners Association has filed a writ in High Court which will come up for hearing on August 4, said RTO H N Ramesh.
The flood damage assessment team appointed by the KPCC under the leadership of former minister and former KPCC President Allam Veerabhadrappa demanded that both the State and the Central government should immediately evolve suitable permanent infrastructure to check recurring sea erosion in the three coastal districts of Karnataka.
At least 74 people died in rain-related incidents in Karnataka since June as the state received 391 mm of rainfall in the last one-and-half months against the normal average of 328 mm, Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy informed the assembly today.
Temporary ban will be imposed on the movement of iron ore trucks on National Highway in the district within a week, said Kundapur Sub Division Officer K N Ramesh.
