Live
- A Guide to Temperature and Humidity Standards in Data Center Server Rooms
- Gadwal collector briefs on details of voters
- Jupally Krishna Rao takes part in Alampur rallu
- Bharath Prasad files 3rd Nomination
- Baisakh Month: A Time of Auspicious Beginnings and Sacred Festivals
- Oust BJD govt for overall development, says Shah
- Unveiling the Hidden Gems: Surprising Health Benefits of Garlic Peels
- Overcoming Sleep Struggles: A Comprehensive Guide to a Restful Night
- RTC bus hit the auto
- MLA Kuchukula Rajesh Reddy participated in the Birappa festival
Just In
Four missing as coracle capsizes in Krishna river in Karnataka
Four people, including a six- year-old girl, went missing as their coracle capsized while trying to cross the swollen Krishna river in Raichur district, a government official said on Tuesday
Bengaluru: Four people, including a six- year-old girl, went missing as their coracle capsized while trying to cross the swollen Krishna river in Raichur district, a government official said on Tuesday.
"13 people were crossing the swollen Krishna river in the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka border at Kuravakula village when suddenly the boat capsized on Monday evening.
While nine people have been rescued, four are still missing. Search is on to trace the missing persons," Commissioner of Karnataka Disaster Management Authority, Manoj Rajan said.
Reports also suggested that many shepherds in Raichur district were stranded in a river island due to the increased water level in the area. According to Rajan, the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force are working in tandem to rescue people in the affected areas.
Besides these four, three others have gone missing on Tuesday in different parts of the state including two in Kodagu district.
According to an official in the KarnatakaState Disaster Monitoring Centre, the floodgates of almost all the important rivers have been opened as most rivers are flowing above the danger level.
Rivers like Krishna, Malaprabha, Ghataprabha, Bhima have wreaked havoc in most parts of north Karnataka.
Parts of Belagavi, Raichur, parts of Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Bidar, and Koppal bore the brunt of the downpour and subsequent floods.
The official said dams in Krishna basin such as Bhadra, Tungabhadra, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha and Narayanapura are full to the brim and their floodgates have been opened.
As a result, the villages and towns in the downstream are badly affected.
"We have already sounded an alert in the affected places and are shifting the flood-hit people to safety," the official said. Rivers in the Cauvery basin to0 are flowing above the danger mark.
The four important dams in the Cauvery basin namely Harangi, Hemavathi, Krishnaraja Sagar dam, and Kabini are full and their floodgates have been opened, the KSNDMC official said. The Centre has predicted heavy rains in Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada districts in coastal Karnataka.
Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu in Malnad region will also receive heavy rainfall.
On North Karnataka, the KSNMDC said there will be moderate to heavy rains in Belagavi, Dharwad and Haveri districts.
"Scattered to widespread light to moderate rains and isolated heavy rains likely over Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, and Vijayapura districts and isolated to scattered light to moderate rains likely over remaining districts of the NIK region," the KSNMDC said in its daily weather report.
© 2024 Hyderabad Media House Limited/The Hans India. All rights reserved. Powered by hocalwire.com