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The Karnataka authorities has decided to question ₹1,545 crore from the Centre to instrumentality up betterment and reconstruction nether the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) towards losses to infrastructure during floods, dense rains, and riverine flooding during the Southwest Monsoon crossed the State.
In Maharashtra
According to Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, who spoke astatine the post-Cabinet briefing connected Thursday, Karnataka is seeking funds for infrastructure reconstruction from the Centre for the archetypal time. When asked if determination was immoderate precedence of different States seeking backing connected akin lines, helium said: “Maharashtra has received funds and respective different States person besides received funds. Though the existent harm of infrastructure is much than ₹5,000 crore successful Karnataka, we person sought ₹1,545 crore arsenic per the NDRF norms.”
Heavy rainfall and flooding during the monsoon successful 2025 has claimed 56 quality lives and 461 carnal lives, portion damaging 13,142 houses, including 5,091 wholly damaged, the Cabinet enactment said. There has been a important harm to captious infrastructure that includes 8,462 km of assorted roads, 2,896 schools, 164 superior wellness centres, 17 CHCs, and 2,017 anganwadis. As galore arsenic 208 insignificant tanks person been breached oregon damaged. In electrical infrastructure. Significant damages to 45,771 energy poles, 2,801 transformers, and 830.8 km of electrical wires person been reported.
The enactment pointed to the August 14, 2024, missive of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs that has issued guidelines connected the constitution and medication of the betterment and reconstruction backing model nether the NDRF and the SDRF norms.
“Funding for betterment and reconstruction model from NDRF is meant to assistance the State to supply further funds successful lawsuit of terrible catastrophe wherever the expenditure is beyond the coping capacity,” it said, quoting from the guidelines.
The enactment said that the betterment and reconstruction program has been formulated to question fiscal assistance based connected the crushed appraisal by the territory medication and enactment departments acrophobic for sector-wise harm and reconstruction/repair estimates.
New software
Among different decisions, Mr. Patil said that the Cabinet has approved Cauvery IT Cell to make a bundle successful location for the Stamps and Registration Department, and mounting up of 8 exertion concern incubators nether Karnataka Startup Policy astatine a outgo of ₹10 crore each successful Mysuru, Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Belagavi, Bagalkot, and Bengaluru.
The Cabinet besides approved ₹23.25 crore to acceptable up infrastructure successful the newly-formed Agriculture University successful V.C. Farm successful Mandya, ₹34.95 crore to the Police Department to bargain 241 vehicles, ₹40.12 crore to instrumentality up repair works successful ports astatine Karwar, Old Mangaluru (Bengri and city), and Malpe nether PPP exemplary connected Repair, Operate, Manage and Transfer model.
