Mangaluru: The state government has released Rs 14 crore to compensate families that lost properties due to the sliding of garbage heaps at Mangaluru City Corporation’s (MCC) dump yard in Pachanady. Mangaluru City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath stated in a release that the urban development department has released the funds to the MCC.
MLAs and MP Nalin Kumar Kateel had submitted a memorandum to the government seeking compensation to the tune of Rs 20 crore to compensate families that lost houses in the garbage sliding tragedy.
Following this, the state government has released Rs 14 crore through a special sanction under the SFC grant of 2019-20. The government had already released Rs eight crore for the purpose earlier.