Karnataka floods: BSY offers to name villages after donors giving over Rs 10 crore relief
(WorldNews India)

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has offered to name flood-hit villages in the state after donors who provide more than Rs 10 crore for relief work. Advertising Yediyurappa said this on Wednesday at a meeting with industrialists and corporates. As many as 17 districts in Karnataka have been affected by flood following heavy rain between August 5 and 10. A total of 61 people are reported dead, 6.97 lakh people have been evacuated, 4.69 lakh hectares of crop land has been damaged and nearly 60,000 houses have collapsed. Yediyurappa has sought Rs 3000 crore from the central government as an emergency measure to tide over losses that are assessed to be in the range of Rs 10,000...