INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Heavy rainfall in the last few days have wreaked havoc in several parts of Karnataka, especially in coastal Udupi district where houses and
crops have been submerged.The government has rushed National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel for rescue operations on Sunday
Officials in the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said an alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for Malnad,
coastal regions and a few interior and northern districts for the next couple of days.The second wave of southwest Monsoon fury hit the
state which is yet to recover fully from the floods in north Karnataka, Malnad and the coastal regions last month amid the coronavirus
The situation in Udupi has been grim as some villages have submerged, houses have collapsed, roads washed away and standing crops completely
destroyed, a senior official in the KSNDMC said on Sunday.In the district headquarter town of Udupi, several houses, four-wheelers and roads
have come under sheets of water
State home minister, Basavaraj Bommai, said on Sunday that he has directed the Udupi district authority to take relief measures
immediately."I am aware of the floods in Udupi inundating a few villages
I have directed the district authorities to rush a 250-member team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) there
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) will also reach there," he said in a statement
The Minister said he would speak to Revenue Minister R Ashoka regarding requestioning a helicopter of the Air Force for the rescue
work.According to a Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority officer, a helicopter has already been put on standby to carry out rescue
Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada are also bearing the brunt of the torrential rains in the region along with Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru,
Shivamogga and Hassan for the past few days
In North Karnataka, rains have wreaked havoc in Vijayapura, Raichur, Kalaburagi and Bidar
Bengaluru, Mysuru and Tumakuru are also receiving heavy rainfall in the last few days.According to the bulletin issued by the KSNDMC, heavy
rains are likely in the next few days in Bidar, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Koppal, Belagavi, Bagalkote, Gadag, Dharwad, Haveri
There would be widespread moderate to heavy rains at most places with isolated very heavy to extremely heavy rains in Shivamogga,
Chikkamagaluru, Kodagu and Hassan districts.Earlier this month, the state government said that heavy rainfall since August 1 killed at least
20 people, displaced thousands, damaged more than 10,000 homes and crops in about 4.03 lakh hectares, among others.
