Karnataka government pegs flood damage at 10k crore, to present report to Central team

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government prepared a comprehensive presentation, assessing the flood related damage at between Rs 9,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore, to be shown to the central team arriving in the state on a three-day visit from September 7, a senior official said on Sunday.

"The presentation will include a short video on the extent of the damage in the state due to the floods, which was lower than last year, but still somewhere between Rs 9,000 crore-Rs 10,000 crore," he told PTI.

He said the six member central team would be led by K V Pratap, Joint Secretary in the Home Ministry.

They would meet Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, his ministerial colleagues and senior government officials on Monday afternoon at the office-cum-residence of the Chief Minister, he said.

On Tuesday morning, two members of the team would visit Kodagu, another two would go to Belagavi and the others, to Bagalkote and Gadag, he said.

"These teams will return on Wednesday afternoon and there will be a debriefing session. They will return to Delhi the same evening," the official said.

Heavy rains had lashed several parts of Karnataka in July and August, killing 46 people and damaging more than 1,000 houses.

Standing crops in thousands of hectares were washed away.

The torrential rains led to heavy inflows in dams and excess water was released PTI GMS

Meanwhile, Coastal Karnataka is likely to receive widespread rainfall from September 6 to September 10, predicted CS Patil, Director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru.

A yellow alert has also been issued by the administration for Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada as these areas are likely to be battered by heavy rains.

"Coastal Karnataka likely to receive widespread rainfall from 6-10 September. Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada likely to receive an isolated heavy rainfall-yellow alert for 6-10 September. North interior Karnataka likely to receive fairly widespread rainfall from 6-10 September," he said while speaking to ANI.

The IMD has also predicted that areas in Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag are also likely to experience isolated heavy rainfall today and tomorrow.

"Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Hassan and Kodagu very likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall, orange alert announced on 8 September; isolated heavy rainfall on 6,7,9,10 September for which yellow alert announced. Bengaluru likely to experience rain and thundershower on 6 and 7 September," the weatherman tweeted.