Madikeri, Aug 26: The district administration has been finding it a difficult task to select suitable land for construction of houses for the victims of floods and rain havoc as entire landscape of Kodagu District was damaged in the fury for the second consecutive year.
Hundreds of houses were damaged in the fury both last year and this year, leaving many people homeless. Though efforts to explore using government land for the rehabilitation of this year’s victims have begun, land for building 'flood-proof' houses is not easily available. The available lands are either unsuitable or far away from human habitations. Most victims may not want to live in such locations.
After a resident of Kodangeri — Abdulla Haji — volunteered to donate two acres of his land for rehabilitation, the authorities said they would construct houses on private land in other places too if landowners were willing to donate. While appreciating Haji’s gesture, Assistant Commissioner Jaware Gowda said several houses in Kodangeri, which lies close to the Cauvery river, were devastated in the deluge. “The government is ready to construct houses even on private land for flood victims if the land is suitable and is donated for the purpose. On one acre, we can build about 20 houses.”
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