Bengaluru: Even as rains continue to batter the State, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the Government would soon release Rs.500 crore to restore public infrastructure damaged due to heavy rains and floods.
Speaking to mediapersons here yesterday, Bommai maintained that the priority of the Government was to restore damaged roads, small bridges and culverts and make them motorable again at the earliest. Fallen and damaged electricity poles and power supply lines would be restored using this fund, he said adding that additional funds would be released after reviewing the rain and flood situation in August.
