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As many as 7,603 individuals from throughout Kalaburagi district have been shifted to flood aid centres, after water entered villages inflicting a flood-like state of affairs following heavy rainfall and discharge of big quantity of water from main reservoirs, Deputy Chief Minister and Kalaburagi in-charge Govind Karjol has mentioned.
Mr. Karjol in a launch right here on Thursday said that over 1,053 houses had been broken in flood-related incidents and seven,603 individuals from low-lying areas affected resulting from floods have been evacuated and shifted to aid centres arrange at 48 locations throughout the district. As many as 518 livestock died in the floods, he added.
He additionally directed the district authorities to conduct a survey to evaluate the injury precipitated to houses, crops, roads and different infrastructure resulting from heavy rain and floods.
Officials have been directed to behave instantly and take up aid measures on a war-footing in the flood-affected areas.
31 villages affected
In Bagalkot district, 270 households in 31 villages situated on the banks of the Krishna, the Malaprabha and the Ghataprabha had been affected following a rise in water influx resulting from heavy rainfall.
Mr. Karjol mentioned that 210 flood victims have been shifted to the 4 aid centres arrange by the district authorities and supplied with shelter, meals and different primary amenities. A sum of ₹ 10,000 every was given to the 270 households affected by the devastating floods in the district and Rs. 30,000 aid was given for every head of cattle misplaced, Mr. Karjol added.
As per the knowledge offered by the district authorities, standing crops on 34,869 hectares of land suffered injury in the district. As many as 105 houses have been severely broken and 28 partially destructed, whereas 338 houses have suffered minor injury. Of these, 347 houses had been included in the listing to take up restore works by Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Corporation Ltd.(RGRHCL), Mr. Karjol mentioned. Rain additionally broken 23 handloom models in the district leaving employees jobless. A 999 km stretch of highway constructed by the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, 94 km stretch of State Highway, 308 km arterial roads had been additionally broken in rain.
As many as 32 bridges, 43 canals, 54 sub-canals, 28 tanks, 15 elevate irrigation tasks, 1,851 electrical energy poles, 471 transformers, 69-km-long electrical energy transmission line have additionally been broken. The estimated injury was pegged at round ₹ 857 crore, Mr. Karjol added.
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