The Karnataka authorities has determined to hunt ₹1,545 crore from the Heart to take up restoration and reconstruction below the Nationwide Catastrophe Aid Fund (NDRF) in direction of losses to infrastructure throughout floods, heavy rains, and riverine flooding throughout the Southwest Monsoon throughout the State.
In Maharashtra
In keeping with Legislation and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil, who spoke on the post-Cupboard briefing on Thursday, Karnataka is searching for funds for infrastructure reconstruction from the Heart for the primary time. When requested if there was any priority of different States searching for funding on related traces, he stated: “Maharashtra has acquired funds and a number of other different States have additionally acquired funds. Although the precise injury of infrastructure is greater than ₹5,000 crore in Karnataka, we now have sought ₹1,545 crore as per the NDRF norms.”
Heavy rainfall and flooding throughout the monsoon in 2025 has claimed 56 human lives and 461 animal lives, whereas damaging 13,142 homes, together with 5,091 utterly broken, the Cupboard be aware stated. There was a big injury to important infrastructure that features 8,462 km of assorted roads, 2,896 faculties, 164 main well being centres, 17 CHCs, and a couple of,017 anganwadis. As many as 208 minor tanks have been breached or broken. In electrical infrastructure. Vital damages to 45,771 electrical energy poles, 2,801 transformers, and 830.8 km {of electrical} wires have been reported.
The be aware pointed to the August 14, 2024, letter of the Union Ministry of Dwelling Affairs that has issued tips on the structure and administration of the restoration and reconstruction funding window below the NDRF and the SDRF norms.
“Funding for restoration and reconstruction window from NDRF is supposed to help the State to offer extra funds in case of extreme catastrophe the place the expenditure is past the coping capability,” it stated, quoting from the rules.
The be aware stated that the restoration and reconstruction plan has been formulated to hunt monetary help based mostly on the bottom evaluation by the district administration and line departments involved for sector-wise injury and reconstruction/restore estimates.
new software program
Amongst different choices, Mr. Patil stated that the Cupboard has permitted Cauvery IT Cell to develop a software program in home for the Stamps and Registration Division, and establishing of eight expertise enterprise incubators below Karnataka Startup Coverage at a price of ₹10 crore every in Mysuru, Dharwad, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Belagavi, Bagalkot, and Bengaluru.
The Cupboard additionally permitted ₹23.25 crore to arrange infrastructure within the newly-formed Agriculture College in VC Farm in Mandya, ₹34.95 crore to the Police Division to purchase 241 automobiles, ₹40.12 crore to take up restore works in ports at Karwar, Previous Mangaluru (Bengri and metropolis), and Malpe below PPP mannequin on Restore, Function, Handle and Switch mannequin.
Printed – October 31, 2025 05:45 am IST