Kundapur: The Urban development and Udupi district in-charge minister Vinay Kumar Sorake visited houses near Kodi Chakramma Temple which were damaged in storms on Thursday.
He went ahead and distributed cheques worth Rs 60,200 from revenue department and Rs 17,000 from municipality to seven beneficiaries who had incurred heavy loss.
At wee hours on Wednesday due to storm, more than ten coconut trees were uprooted and fell on the houses causing huge loss to property.
Kundapur divisional officer Yogeshwar, revenue officials, Kundapur block congress president Malyadi Shivaram Shetty, Lovely, municipality members among others were present during the visit.