News updates - 12th - 18th January
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The State Government has finalised details with regard to the construction of houses for flood victims.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/12/stories/2010011251930300.htm
The managements of several industrial units that have agreed to construct houses for families displaced by the floods in Koppal district propose to complete the task before the monsoon.
The Srisailam Left Bank Power Station, which was inundated during the floods in October, has become fully operational with all its six units in working condition.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/12/stories/2010011251650300.htm
Gulbarga: The Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS) has urged the Centre to widen the scope of the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGREGA) and increase the number of days of guaranteed employment to the needy in the rural areas from 100 days to 200 days immediately.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/18/stories/2010011854940300.htm
Two non-government agencies have come forward to construct houses for flood victims in Kurnool district. Collector Mukesh Kumar Meena said Govinda Prasad Humanity Foundation offered to construct 1,781 houses and Rural Development Trust 1,000 houses.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/16/stories/2010011660410400.htm
HYDERABAD: A group from the Netherlands, Cyan Holding BV, has offered to construct houses for the flood-affected families in Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur, Krishna and other districts, bearing a part of the cost as a social responsibility.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/17/stories/2010011752550300.htm
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Hubli: Karnataka Power Corporation Limited Managing Director S.M. Jaamdar, Nodal Officer on Flood Relief, has said that work on construction of houses for the displaced persons in 50 villages has begun.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/14/stories/2010011454750800.htm
KURNOOL: K. Chandrasekhara Kalkura, former president of Library Association, ended his 100-day pledge by shaving his beard on Wednesday following reopening of District Central Library.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/13/stories/2010011352340300.htm
Raichur: People from the Hyderabad-Karnataka and the north Karnataka regions, including parts of Andhra Pradesh, are still finding it difficult to reach the Raghavendra Swamy Math at Mantralayam in Andhra Pradesh following poor road and railway connectivity.
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/13/stories/2010011353320300.htm
The Government has been unresponsive to the needs of those in flood-prone Konkal village of Yadgir district
http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/13/stories/2010011350770200.htm
Two donors have refused to build houses for those who lost their dwellings in the recent rain in Harapanahalli, Harihar and Chennagiri taluks of Davangere district. The district administration in consultation with the Government is making efforts to find donors to build houses and shift the flood-prone villages in the district.
