In a gruesome incident, six persons of the same family died when a lorry hit their vehicle carrying people for a marriage programme, at Sattapura in Penugonda village in Anantapura district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday visited the flood-hit Kodagu district and assured the people of Indian Army's help in rebuilding the devastated region's roads.
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In a bid to contribute the Kodagu victims’ relief fund, prisoners in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison have quit meat and sent a letter to the prison officer.
The students of the Kodagu district, who have lost their documents due to the rain-flood, should not have to worry; said the Karnataka Board of the Pre-University Education.
Former chief minister and coalition government coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Kodagu as it has incurred heavy loss due to flood, rains and landslides and more than 6000 people were affected and announce the compensation.
The district administration has said that due to heavy rains, landslides and flood situation, total nine persons were killed and nine others were missing and 5512 people were taking shelter in various relief camps in the district.
Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that the district administration has identified around 42 acres of land in Madikeri and Somawarpete to rehabilitate the affected people in the natural disaster in the district.
Though the entire village was sunk in the slur due to flood situation which caused deaths, this centenarian survived against all odds.
The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in the Cauvery river at Srirangapatna on Thursday, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) official said.
The Indian Army's engineering task force will help the district administration in restoring the severely battered roads in flood-hit Kodagu district, an official said on Thursday.
