Continuous rains damaged roadways in Karnataka

Karnataka: Heavy rains in the last three days damaged the roadways in several parts of the state. The road connectivity between various villages in Kalaburgi district and on Karnataka -Telangana border was cut off as the bridges on the major connectivity areas were washed away due to continuous rains.

The constant downpour on Thursday and Friday night caused floods in the local tanks and rivulets and the flood water breached several causeways, snapping road links at more than 15 places in Chincholi taluk. Two bridges on Chatrasal - Burugapalli road and Garagpalli - Bhaktampalli road were damaged.

Villagers in low lying areas were forced to vacate after the flood water entered their houses. Around 45 houses in Chincholi town, Ainapur and Chandapur were soaked. The connectivity between Somlingadahalli and Kallur, Sangapur and Gopunaik Tanda and Shivrampur and Shahapur was also damaged.

As a precautionary measure, the movement of vehicles was blocked on the bridge across the Kagina river near Malakhed village as it is facing the danger of being flooded.

Fishermen rescued eight people

The fishermen on Friday rescued eight people who were stranded in Kagina river due to the sudden rise in water level. Eight people stranded on the banks of river Kagina were rescued by a team of fire and emergency officials with the help of local fishermen after doing a four-hour operation.

Area wise rainfall recorded from July 1 July 4: