News updates - 8th - 12th January

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The Suttur Math will construct flats in Bagalkot district for flood victims at a cost of Rs. 500 crore. The plans in this regard were approved by the Government on Friday.

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 Mysore Citizens Forum (MCF) on Friday announced that it would to construct 1,700 houses in three flood-affected districts of north Karnataka.

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The tur harvest this year may be 50 per cent of the expected production due to the vagaries of weather last year, which saw a prolonged drought followed by unseasonal and heavy rains that flooded most of the growing areas in north Karnataka.

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The annual jathra festival of Sri Veerasimhasana Mahasamsthan Math, Suttur, a renowned spiritual centre, will adopt a low-key affair this year due to severe floods in the North Karnataka Districts in the State

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/10/stories/2010011054170500.htm

Govind Prasad Humanitarian Foundation, a voluntary organisation floated by Govindji, an Indian-born US citizen, has come forward to build over 2000 houses in Chittoor, Kurnool and Mahabubnagar districts.

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Minister for Excise M.P. Renukacharya, who is also the chairman of Hutti Gold Mines Company Ltd. (HGML), on Friday, donated a cheque to Chief Minister B.S. Yedyurappa for Rs. 10 crore towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.