Team asseses rain damage in coastal districts

Mangalore, July 13 (UNI) Former minister B Ramanath Rai headed team appointed by the opposition Congress party has completed its tour to assess damages caused by rains in the three coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttar Kannada today.

Speaking to newspersons after a tour of three districts, he said that the total loss due to rains was over Rs. 45 crore. The team would submit its report to the KPCC-I President tomorrow in Bangalore, he said.

He demanded that the state government immediately announce special relief package to the three coastal districts which had suffered extensive damages due to rains. He said the death toll in rain related incidents had gone up to 13 people in the region.

The total estimated loss in Uttar Kannada was Rs. 25 crore, Rs.

10 crore in Udupi and Rs. 17 crore in Daxina Kannada.

A total of 51 houses have been totally damaged in Daxina Kannada, 34 houses in Udupi and 12 houses in Uttar Kannada. 752 houses were partially damaged in Daxina Kannada, 700 houses in Udupi and 716 houses in Uttar Kannada, he said.

He said the state government had failed to take measure to check the sea erosion in several parts along the coast.

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