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People of state are humiliated with the allocation of ₹1200cr as against the state govt assessment of ₹35000cr Thi… https://t.co/9cSw1X4xsH — Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) 1570202354000

Central Government has released an amount of 1200 Crores for Karnataka in advance from the National Disaster Respon… https://t.co/gMjdCJq7cb — B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) 1570202226000

BENGALURU: After weeks of dilly-dallying and mounting pressure on the Centre to release funds towards flood relief and rehabilitation in north Karnataka districts, the Union government has released Rs 1,200 crore as an interim relief to the state.Sources in the revenue department said the government is all set to utilise this fund for rehabilitation purposes, and more importantly for the farming community.“We have already released as much as Rs 2,500 crore for the purpose of infrastructure and relief measures. This additional money will serve well for our farming community, if we can utilise it as input subsidy,” said a senior revenue department official.According to the department officials, the money was not entirely “expected” and that the state should “thank their stars” on the matter.Along with Karnataka, the Union home ministry has also released money for Bihar floods which got over Rs 700 crore for rescue and relief measure.In a note released by the government, the Union home ministry has said that Karnataka and Bihar had apprised the centre of the paucity of funds in the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) accounts resulting in delay in providing relief assistance to the affected people and has also requested for release of advance additional financial assistance from NDRF."Keeping in view the severity of flood situation and the fund positions in the SDRFaccount of the state of Karnataka, the home minister Amit Shah has approved the advance release of Rs 1,200 crore for Karnataka," read the note.It is said the home ministry is yet to accept the report “completely” and that it will take time to make a complete assessment of Karnataka’s memorandum.“We should expect additional funds in the coming months,” said the official.Earlier in the day, revenue minister R Ashoka said the home ministry had given indications of releasing interim funds for Karnataka after pressure on the Union government for over a week now.“The requisite clarifications have all been sent, some more are being prepared and dispatched,” said Ashoka.Explaining the situation as to why there was a delay in the release of funds, officials said there was a “mismatch” in the assessment of losses by the Centre and state.“They had sought clarifications on our initial memorandums, in which we had revised our damage estimations from Rs 38,451 crore to Rs 35,161 crore. We reduced the estimation by deleting the commercial and private properties from the damaged infrastructure list, as they are not eligible for compensation under NDRF norms. During the meeting on Thursday in New Delhi, the home ministry officials reviewed the revised memorandum and sought the list of beneficiaries for house damage with individual details. We gave online data and they sought some more details, which we had provided today,” said a senior revenue department official."People of the state are humiliated by the allocation of Rs 1,200 crore as against the assessment of Rs 35,000 crore losses. This shows that the Centre has zero confidence in the @bsybjp government and does not believe him. Kannadigas patience is put to severe test from @narendramodi on a regular basis."-- Karnataka Congress."Central Government has released an amount of 1200 Crores for Karnataka in advance from the National Disaster Response Fund. Expressing gratitude for the support to@PMOIndia Sri @narendramodi ji & @HMOIndia Sri @AmitShah ji on behalf of the people of Karnataka."-- Chief minister B S Yediyurappa