Govt gives districts funds for Covid relief works

Mysuru: Amid growing Covid 19 scare and skyrocketing expenses to take up relief works, the state government released Rs 7 crore from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to Mysuru district to take up containment measures and relief works. Funds have been allocated to all 29 districts in the state, based on the requirements put forth by district authorities.
According to a government circular dated June 20, Mysuru will get Rs 2 crore for relief measures including provision of temporary accommodation, food, clothing etc, while Rs 5 crore has been released for quarantine, sample collection, screening and other activities.
Deputy commissioner Abhiram G Sankar said the district administration will use it to provide for nutritious food, clean hygienic facilities for quarantine centres and for providing essentials for screening, testing and other works.
It can be recalled that in Mysuru district till June 20, 151 people tested positive for the Covid 19. Among them 112 are discharged. A total of 15,667 samples tested.
Chamarajanagar which has reported just two cases, got Rs 60 lakh towards relief measures while Chikkamagalur got only Rs 30 lakh. Among other districts, Mandya got Rs 50 lakh, Hassan Rs 2 crore and Shivamogga Rs 3.2 crore. Kodagi has not been allocated any funds.
According to revenue department authorities, Rs.79.6 crore has been released to 29 districts now. Belagavi received the highest amount Rs. 9.2 crores.
As per the government order, all deputy commissioners are asked to ensure the money is spent on the specified purposes.
Didn’t ask for money: DC
We had money and had not asked for it. Rs 4.6 crore was given earlier. Apart from that we had more than Rs.12 crores with us. Now we got Rs 7 crore.
Abhiram G Sankar, deputy commissioner, Mysuru