Bengaluru: Since 8 August heavy rain and flood situation has battered Karnataka. About 103 taluks in 22 districts have been affected in the deluge.
The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 76 yesterday. Fire and Emergency, SDRF, NDRF and Army have been deployed to carry out rescue and rehabilitation works.
The coastal and Malnad regions witnessed rain fury and mayhem for more than a week. The State leaders are reportedly monitoring the relief operations. The Chief Secretary of the Sate visited Belagavi district that was affected with flood.
According to a press release, 75,317 houses have been damaged, and 526 relief camps are providing shelter to 2,20,906 people. Officials said loss of agriculture and horticulture crops on 6.9 lakh hectares was witnessed. .
Meanwhile, there has been light to moderate rain in the past 24 hours in north Interior Karnataka, coastal and Malnad regions. Isolated regions received heavy rain yesterday.
North interior Karnataka was likely to receive fairly widespread, moderate rains while isolated areas would receive heavy in the next two days Coastal and Malnad regions were most likely to receive moderate to heavy rains for the next two days, said a report of the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre.