Torrential rain which resulted in flash floods in several areas in Sullia and Kadaba taluks surrounding Kukke Subrahmanya in Dakshina Kannada on Monday night damaged 30 houses. Of these, five houses have been completely or severely damaged, according to Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra.
He told Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai during a video conference on Tuesday that the family of two children who died in a landslip at Parvatamukhi, near Kukke Subrahmanya, on Monday, has been handed over ₹11.05 lakh as compensation. The children died when a portion of a hill slipped on their house. Members of the many affected families have been shifted to care centres.
Dr. Rajendra said that the ₹11.05 lakh compensation amount given included ₹10 lakh for the death of the two children, as ₹5 lakh each, ₹95,100 for house damage and ₹10,000 for the loss of utensils and clothes.
