Overview

• Siddaramaiah instructed district in-charge ministers and secretaries to immediately inspect flood-hit areas and oversee relief operations.
• The government has allocated Rs 973.52 crore to district PD accounts to fund relief work and identified 170 taluks as vulnerable to floods and landslides.
• A two-day high-level review meeting with deputy commissioners, zilla panchayat CEOs and district secretaries is scheduled for May 30-31 to assess flood damage and streamline coordination.
• Five people have died in rain-related incidents since May 22 and IMD warnings now cover 21 districts under red, orange and yellow alerts.
• Authorities have established 2,296 care and relief centres across Karnataka, including 201 flood-prone sites within Bengaluru city limits.