Three Coastal Karnataka districts on red-alert for three days; 10 others districts on Orange-alert
Mangaluru: The Meteorological Department has issued a red-alert in three Coastal Karnataka districts (Uttara Kannada, Udupi, and Dakshina Kannada) owing to the pressure over the Bay of Bengal and has predicted heavy rainfall in the region over the next three days.
The department has further added that due to the pressure near the Andaman the possibility of the cyclone cannot be ruled out.
Heavy rain is expected across Karnataka from October 12-14 adding that the coastal districts are likely to be affected more than other parts of the state.
The department has also put Bidar, Kalaburagi, Bagalkote, Yadgiri, Raichur, Vijayapura, Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag, and Haveri districts on Orange-alert from October 12-14.
Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra are also expected to receive rainfall during the period.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
