As many as 38 people died and 35 people had been injured in incidents like waterlogging, lightning strikes, houses falling apart, and landslides within the state.
As many as 38 people died and 35 people had been injured in incidents like waterlogging, lightning strikes, residence collapse, tree fall and landslides inside the state since June 1, the Karnataka government stated on Wednesday.
Fifty seven houses were broken, 208 houses had been severely broken and 682 homes were partially damaged, according to the data given by the government.
Karnataka: 38 dead, 35 injured in rain-related incidents since June 1, say data
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Meanwhile, one hundred and five livestock died because of rain. 541.39-hectare regions of plants were inundated, consisting of 185 hectares of agriculture crops and 356 hectares of horticulture plants as of Wednesday.
Further, 2109 km of roads have been damaged, which includes 407 km of state highways, and 1277 km of district highways and rural roads. 189 bridges, 889 schools, 8 primary centers, 269 Anganwadi centers have been declared broken, the state authorities said.
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On Wednesday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a video interaction with district collectors and officials of Zilla panchayat to study the state’s weather, rainfall and agriculture.
Stressing on precautionary measures to prevent rain-associated deaths and damages, Siddaramaiah counseled that the district management have to do so much in this regard.
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The chief minister directed the district management to take action to prevent people from going close to water bodies in case the water rises. He stated that human beings must be warned about this and awareness should be spread to create consciousness to avoid loss of life.
Pointing out that the possibility of landslides is understood in advance, Siddaramaiah said, “To a sure extent, the authorities have advance information on the places where landslides may occur.Loss of lives can be avoided if there is coordination between the police and the public.
From June 1 onwards, 4 districts have acquired heavy rainfall, 21 districts have received normal rainfall, even as six districts are deficient in rain, the state authorities stated.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Dept (IMD) has forecasted heavy rainfall near the coastal Karnataka areas and issued a Red alert until Thursday morning. The MeT branch also issued an orange alert forecasting extremely heavy rainfall and yellow alert forecasting heavy rainfall for three districts – Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada.
“Gusty wind with speed reaching 40-50 Kmph is probable to arise at remote places from July 26-27 and gusty wind with pace attaining 30-40 kmph is probable to arise at remote places from July 28-30,” the IMD said. “Squally weather with wind pace of 40-45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is probable to prevail over Karnataka Coast from July 26-27 and over North Karnataka coast on July 28. Fishermen are advised not to venture into the ocean,” it added.
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