Shivamogga: Body of girl who swept away in flood water found
Rs 5 lakh compensation disbursed
Shivamogga, July 10: The body of the schoolgirl who was washed away in the flood water while crossing a footbridge at Kendalubailu near Guddekere in Thirthahalli taluk, was found on Tuesday.
The girl was identified as Ashika (14). The body of the girl was found around one kilometer away from the place where she fell. After the postmortem, the body was handed over to the family.
The deceased girl was studying 9th standard at Guddekere government high school. Because of heavy rains, schools and colleges in the taluk were declared holiday on Monday. Unaware of the holiday, she has gone to the school. After she came to know about the holiday, she was returning home. While going back home, she tried to cross the stream over the footbridge, but slipped into the water and swept away, it is said.
The taluk officials and senior police officers rushed to the spot and began searching operation to trace the body. Because of heavy rains, the searching teams stopped the operation in the evening.
Rs 5 lakh compensation
Deputy Commissioner Dr M Lokesh, ZP CEO Dr Rakesh Kumar, tahsildar Anand Nayak went to the house of the deceased girl and paid their respect. At this time, the DC handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh as compensation to her family members. He also visited the spot where the girl washed away and verified it. He directed the zilla panchayat engineering section to prepare a proposal to construct a bridge across the stream and make safety measures to the foot-bridge.
The DC also directed the tahsildar to provide required groceries to the family. The DC also visited the Guddekere school where the girl was studying and inspected the basic infrastructure.
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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.
