CM’s aerial survey of flood-hit areas today

Belagavi: In a bid to get an accurate picture of the extent of the damage wrought by floods in Belagavi, chief minister BS Yediyurappa will undertake an aerial survey of villages that have borne the brunt of the calamity in the border district.
Yediyurappa is scheduled to arrive at the Sambra Airport at 10.15am. Sources said that he will meet with the legislators, MPs and deputy commissioners of the flood-hit Belagavi and Dharwad districts at the airport, and start his aerial survey on board an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter at 11.15am. The CM will later pay a visit to the Lal Bahadhur Shastri Dam in Almatti.
On the eve of the CM’s visit, Karnataka water resources minister Ramesh Jarkiholi chaired a meeting with key officials in the Belagavi district administration on Monday at Hidkal. Jarkiholi informed the officials that Yediyurappa would be brought abreast of the estimate of the losses incurred by the people owing to the flood. “The losses are pegged around Rs 927 crore, and this will be conveyed to the CM. I will appeal to him to ensure that farmers who have lost their crops and residents who have had their houses damaged by the rain are compensated,” the minister said.