Karnataka floods: BS Yediyurappa requests Centre to immediately release Rs 10,000 crore for state; 48 dead, 12 missing so far

Shivamogga: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday requested the Centre to release financial assistance of Rs 10,000 crore immediately for the state which is reeling under floods caused by incessant rains. [caption id=“attachment_7076421” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa. PTI[/caption] Yediyurappa, who was in Shivamogga to review the situation in the city, said he is going to New Delhi on 16 August to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation in the aftermath of the deluge. “The situation is very bad. Home Minister Amit Shah and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also conducted inspection. There is a loss of over Rs 50,000 crore in the state. On 16 August, I am going to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister regarding this”, Yediyurappa told ANI. “Today I will meet local MLAs in Shivamogga and discuss the situation. I request Government of India to release 10,000 crore immediately”, he added. Floods in Karnataka have claimed the lives of 48 people while 12 others are missing, official data said on Tuesday. The maximum number of deaths has occurred in Belagavi district where 13 people have been killed while four others are missing. A total of 4, 08,322 people have been rescued from the district and evacuated to safer places, the data showed. As many as 1,224 relief camps are currently operational in the state with 3,93,956 people taking shelter in them. According to the Meteorological Centre, heavy rain is likely to occur in all districts of Coastal Karnataka and in Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu and Shivamogga districts of South Interior Karnataka. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall over Kerala, Karnataka, Konkan and Goa is likely to decrease significantly from 15 August onwards.