India, State of Karnataka, Northern regions, Eight people have been killed and over a hundred houses damaged following heavy rain in north Karnataka districts over the last five days. In Gulbarga district, four people have died and 138 houses partially collapsed in the last five days, official sources said here on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as Mahadevappa of Kamala Nagar in Gulbarga city, Mahadev of Potgal village in Chincholi taluk, Siddarth of Okly village in Gulbarga taluk and Bhagyavanti of Belagumpa village in Chittapur taluk. District Minister Qamarul Islam gave a cheque of `1.50 lakh as compensation to Mahadevappa???s family on Friday. As many as 69 houses partially collapsed in Gulbarga taluk alone in the last three days, followed by 35 in Afzalpur taluk, 26 in Sedam taluk and four each in Chittapur and Jewargi taluks. The total loss is estimated at `52.44 crore. The Sharanabasaveshwara Lake bund in Gulbarga city has developed cracks. Due to the haphazard construction of open drains, several roads in the district have been inundated. Narasamma (48) and Pooja (15) of Yadgir district died when the wall of their house collapsed on Friday night. Paddy, cotton and horticulture crops worth lakhs of rupees were damaged. Three sheep and cattle were also killed in Kudlur and Tumkar villages. In all, 45 houses collapsed in Surpur taluk, six in Shahapur taluk and nine in Yadgir taluk. Several houses in low-lying areas were flooded. The district recorded 10 mm rainfall from Friday morning to Saturday morning. Two people, including a child, died and at least 30 houses collapsed in Raichur district. Twelve-year-old Sagar died when the ceiling of his house caved in at Makthal Pet on Saturday. Meanwhile, according to Indian Meteorological Department officials, very heavy to heavy rain would occur at isolated places over Coastal Karnataka, North Interior Karnataka and Ghat areas of South Interior Karnataka in the next 24 hours. Due to the well-marked low pressure area over West Central and adjoining North-West Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh-South Odisha coasts that now lies over South Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood, the South-West monsoon has been vigorous over North Interior Karnataka and active over Coastal Karnataka, hence rainfall occurred at a few places over South Interior Karnataka as well. According to an official, Agumbe in Shimoga recorded very heavy rainfall with (15 cm) from past 24 hours since Friday.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:30:55 +0000
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