Rains continue wreak havoc in Malnad: Woman dies when wall of cowshed collapses
Chikmagaluru, July 10: The land of coffee has literally become the land of rains. Because of heavy rains, the normal life has gone haywire in Malnad.
Heavy downpour is wreaking havoc everywhere due to which a wall of cowshed which was in dilapidated condition collapsed on a woman killing her on the spot. Reports on collapse of houses, landslides, obstruction of vehicular movement were coming in from all corners of the district. Due to heavy rains, the major rivers like Hemavathi, Tunga, Bhadra and other small streams are overflowing above the danger level in the district. The rain which started on last Friday has been lashing out continuously since then. As a result, the normal life in malnad is paralysed. Mudigere, Koppa, Sringeri and NR Pura taluks in the district have been receiving heavy rains causing damage to private and public properties.
Because of the heavy downpour in Koppa taluk, a house belonging to Raghu was collapsed at Devaramane village in Hariharapura hobli in the taluk on Monday night. But no casualties were reported. It is said that the loss worth lakhs was occurred in the incident.
As the magnitude of the rain has increased Sringeri taluk, the Tunga river water submerged the agriculture fields on the bank of the river causing heavy loss. As Tunga river water marooned the Gandhi Maidan in the temple town, vehicular movement and parking was disturbed. The life of petty shop owners were greatly affected as the water gushed into the shops. The heavy rains created alarming situation as the river might cause flood at any time. So, the taluk administration has already shifted the people down the line to the safer places. Gandhi maidan was completely submerged in the rainwater. People opine that after 20 years, the town has been receiving such a heavy rains this time.
Woman dies in cowshed wall collapse
A woman died on the spot when the wall of cowshed which was in dilapidated condition collapsed on her at Kambihalli village near Mallandur in Chikmagalur taluk on Monday night. The woman was identified as Vanaja (48). When the woman was working in the cowshed, the wall collapsed on her killing her on the spot. With the death of Vanaja, the death toll increased to three in this rainy season in the district. Earlier, two farmers died in the rain-related incidents. One farmer Umesh swept away in Tunga river at Sringeri and another farmer Surendra fell into an agriculture pond and died.
Set-back to farming activities
As the district is receiving heavy downpour every day, the agriculture activities of coffee, areca and paddy witnessed a set-back. Now, the farmers are fearing of losing their areca crops due to fungal and yellow leaf disease. During this time, the areca trees should be sprayed pesticides. But because of heavy rains, the farmers are unable to take up the work. This might cause fungal disease for areca in Malnad region. In the same way, the rain affected the paddy and coffee cultivation as well.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
