K'taka CM, DCM cancel aerial survey of flood-hit districts

Bangalore, Aug 11 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today called off their scheduled aerial survey of flood-ravaged Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada districts due to bad weather.

Official sources told UNI here that the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, after touring the affected areas in Shimoga, Davanagere and Haveri districts, landed in Haveri as the chopper in which they were travelling could not proceed further due to cloudy weather accompanied by rains.

Earlier, the Chief Minister held a high-level meeting with Shimoga district officials and discussed various problems being faced by the people in the affected parts of the district.

Mr Kumaraswamy chaired a meeting of top officials in the city yesterday, in which he had urged the Centre to provide Rs 500 crore immediate relief to provide succour to the affected. The State had suffered more than Rs 3,000 crore worth damage to crops, following heavy rains, the sources added.

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