Met dept predicts heavy rains in state on June 6 and 7
Bengaluru, June 3: With the onset of monsoon rains well before the regular time, the Meteorological department has predicted heavy rains across the state on June 6 and 7.
According to the department, coastal Karnataka like Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts, south interior Karnataka like Chikmagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysuru and Shimoga, north interior like Bagalkot, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadagiri districts would likely to receive heavy rains on June 6. However, interior like Bidar, Kalaburgi, and Yadagiri, in coastal region, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada, south interior Karnataka like Ballary, Chikmagalur, Hassan and Mysuru would also receive heavy rains on June 7. But some parts of Uttara Kannada, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayapura, Kodagu, Kolara, and Shivamogga districts would get normal rainfall, the department said.
Because of the depression in Bay of Bengal and Arabian seas, the monsoon is more active. There is all likelihood that coastal region, malnad, south interior and north interior parts of the state would get heavy rains, it said.
Rain will last for one week
With the entry of south-west monsoon, the state has been getting good rains and this would continue for the next one week, said State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre director Dr GS Srinivas Reddy.
The state is getting good rainfall due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian seas. On Saturday, Dharwad has got 101 mm rainfall. Apart from this, south interior Karnataka and Bengaluru have also got good rains. From January to May end, the region has recorded 200 mm rainfall against the normal rainfall of 133 mm. In total, the region has got more than 50 per cent more rains. During May last week, the state got 70 per cent more rain than normal rains. Normally, the state would get 125 mm rainfall from March to May end. But this time, it has got 193 mm rainfall, he said.
It is reported that north interior, south interior, coastal and malnad regions have recorded highest rainfall than the normal rainfall in the last five months. In the last two-three weeks, the state got good rains due to which farming activities are accelerated. As per the weather forecast, the state would be partly cloudy and there are symptoms of getting rains in evening and late night, he said.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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