Heavy rain resumes in pockets of North Karnataka; 196 students stranded in Navalgund school rescued
Bengaluru: As many as 196 students of school on the outskirts of Navalgund town, Dharwad district were rescued after being stranded for over four hours following the flooding triggered by heavy rain and overflowing of a stream on Monday..The students of Hurakadli Ajja School remained in school with the Ambali Halla stream flowing in full steam. The taluk administration arranged for buses and other vehicles to ferry the students back home, after the floodwater receded after 8 pm, Navalgund Tahsildar Sudheer Sahukar told DH..Heavy downpour lashed Navalgund and parts of taluk including Gudisagar, Naganuru, Alagawadi and Amargol, on Monday afternoon. Overflowing streams had cut-off traffic on Ibrahimpur road and the road linking Ron. Two-hour long rain, coupled with gusty winds, flooded vast tracts of farmland and brought down several trees and electricity poles in the taluk..After a week-long break, rains resumed in many parts of north and central Karnataka on Monday. Two people died and several injured in rain-related incidents in north Karnataka region. Sangeeta Balasaheb Patil (30) died after a portion of her house ceiling collapsed at Baba Nagar in Tikota taluk of Vijayapura district in the wee hours of Monday. Sangeeta's husband and their children have escaped unhurt in the incident. Several parts of Vijayapura district, including Tikota, experienced heavy showers on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday..Bengaluru-based SELCO poised for a hat-trick of Green Oscars.In Vijayanagara district, a 25-year-old farmer was struck dead by lightning at his farm at Dashamapur village in Hagaribommanahalli taluk late Sunday night. Chandrashekar had gone to the farm on Sunday night to protect the sown maize seeds from wild boar menace..An elderly woman, Hanumakka, suffered injuries in a wall collapse at Badeladaku village in Kudligi taluk. She is admitted in a hospital in Ballari. Crops on vast tracts of agricultural land in Kottur taluk have been damaged due to flash floods triggered by heavy overnight rain. Four houses in the taluk were completely damaged. Road link to several villages, including Chiribi, Alaburu and Kogali Kannihalli, has been cut off due to overflowing rivulets and Hagari river. The copious rain in the taluk has set in motion the farming activities..Heavy rain that lashed Hosapete for over half-an-hour has left the roads and low-lying areas flooded. Sharp rain had turned the playgrounds in the town into lakes. Ballari district, including the district headquarter, received good overnight rainfall..Parts of Bidar, Kalaburagi and Koppal received intermittent spells of rain on Monday.Madikeri town and parts of taluk recorded moderate to heavy rain on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Kodagu district is expected to receive heavy rain for June 12 and 13. The IMD has declared red alert for the hilly district on Thursday and Friday. The NDRF team on Monday visited Harangi reservoir and Kushalnagar and inspected the flood-prone areas.
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