Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday telephoned Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and got all the details on the rescue operations and relief measures in rain-hit and flood-affected Kodagu district. He also assured the CM of all assistance for rescue and relief measures.
A total of 4,225 marooned people have been rescued so far in Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu district even as incessant rains continued to hamper relief work, said an official on Sunday.
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Literally, the life of the people in Pushpagiri valley in the taluk was thrown out of gear for the rain fury. As landslides were being occurred in acres of areas, the sliding hillocks have pushed the people on to the streets.
President Ramnath Kovind on Sunday called Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy over phone and got information on the present situation in Kodagu district.
Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday conducted an aerial survey in flood-hit places in the district for 15 minutes.
As the rain gave respite on Sunday, Kodagu district is receiving moderate rainfall. Rescue operations picked up. Army and NDRF teams have been toiling to rescue people in the district which was battered in the rains and landslides.
The rain which gave a respite since yesterday afternoon, pouring cats and dogs in the malnad region since yesterday night. Landslides happened in three villages in Koppa taluk and people were panic.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy has stated that more than 1,000 personnel, including NDRF, have indulged in rescue operations in the Kodagu district where continuous rainfall, floods, and rockslides have worsened the normal life.
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday visited the flood-hit Kodagu district in the southern state, where hundreds are marooned in villages and towns due to heavy rains.
A youth killed on the spot when a wall of a hut collapsed on him when he was attending nature’s call at Terakanambi Hindi village here.
