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The Chief Minister had vowed to complete the rehabilitation work within six months Land for rehabilitation in Chicksugur village in Raichur district is yet to be identified 
Bangalore: In the immediate aftermath of the floods in north Karnataka last September, which resulted in unprecedented loss of life and property, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa vowed to initiate rehabilitation work on a war footing and complete it within six months. Deadline extended At the end of May this year, the Government announced that the promise of completing the construction of houses under the Aasare scheme could not be completed before June, and it would require six more months to complete work. In Gulbarga division, by the end of June, only 794 houses had been built, while the target was 28,523. Four months of the extended deadline is now over, and the situation on the ground as reported in The Hindu's ‘A year after the deluge' series is ample proof of the rehabilitation work being in a complete mess and, in the worst cases, yet to even get off the ground. Land for rehabilitation in Chicksugur village in Raichur, for instance, is yet to be identified. Hapless victims of the flood, in the meanwhile, continue to live in unliveable make-shift sheds. Though crores were raised for relief work through donations, the money has not reached families eager to start a new life in the worst-affected districts of Raichur, Koppal, Bellary, Yadgir and Gulbarga. Caste divide In several villages, not a single house has been completed so far. Many affected villages do not even find a mention in the list of villages identified for rehabilitation. Not surprisingly, many of the worst-hit areas are those with a large number of landless Dalits, villages such as Konkal and Havinal in Yadgir district being cases in point. The pattern of rehabilitation, in places like Hulugunchi village, shows that the divide between Dalits and ‘caste' Hindus has only deepened. The absence of sanitation has hit women the most. Given this state of affairs, Housing Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu's recent promise of furnishing accounts on expenses for “every paisa that has been spent for the rehabilitation package, including the money that came through donations from the public and assistance from the State and Union governments” rings hollow. The details furnished on the Karnataka Government's official website pegs the total contribution from donors alone at Rs. 432 crore. The State Government has provided over Rs. 300 crore using its resources, and assistance provided by the Union Government last year is over Rs. 1,100 crore. Shocked over delay In August this year, the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission wrote to the Government expressing shock over the delay, questioning why it is yet to provide houses to the 63,020 families devastated by the floods. It has given a deadline to the Government to provide houses to all those homeless by December this year and submit a status report to the commission before January 10 next.
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