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Heavy rains and flooding in the northern districts of the State since Sunday have resulted in six deaths, the newest being that of Shivaputra Natikar, 30, who was washed away in a swollen stream at Mulasavalgi village of Vijayapura district on Wednesday night time.
Kalaburagi, Bagalkot, Raichur, and Vijayapura have seen heavy rains over the week. Though the downpour subsided on Thursday, continued rains in elements of Maharashtra led to elevated influx into the rivers in Karnataka, ensuing in larger discharge from reservoirs in Karnataka.
With large portions of water being discharged from the Ujjani and Veer reservoirs in Maharashtra, the influx at Sonna Barrage in Kalaburagi district elevated to five,11,000 cusecs, forcing the authorities to keep up the identical outflow degree, resulting in inundation of huge tracts of lands with standing crops in Afzalpur, Jewargi, Chittapur, and Sedam taluks. Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jyothsna has directed officers to evacuate residents in 148 villages alongside the river financial institution.
Meanwhile, inundation of bridges and barrages has affected connectivity between Kalaburagi and Hyderabad, between Kalaburagi and Vijayapura, and between Kalaburagi and Jewargi. Similarly, connectivity between Kalaburagi and Yadgir by way of Wadi, Nalwar, has been minimize off after the bridge close to Malagatti was submerged in the Kagina river. Standing crops on 1,300 hectares of agricultural land in Yadgir district have been destroyed.
Family rescued
Meanwhile, police and Fire and Emergency personnel rescued 4 farm labourers and their cattle caught in an overflowing stream at Boodihal village of Vijayapura district on Thursday. Shivappa Mural and his spouse and kids had gone to work in a discipline on Wednesday night time. After spending the night time on the farm ready for the rain to subside, they tried to cross the stream on Thursday, however had been caught in the present. On being alerted by locals, the police and hearth personnel pulled the household to security utilizing ropes, tahshildar Sanjiv Dasar mentioned.
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