Landslide, flash floods in Ullal: Speaker U.T. Khader thanks locals, officials for rescue efforts
Mangaluru: Heavy rains that lashed parts of Ullal taluk in Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday and Friday have triggered landslides and flash floods, resulting in loss of life and property.
In response to the crisis, local residents and district officials launched rescue operations and precautionary measures from early Friday morning. Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader expressed his gratitude to all those involved, both personally and on behalf of the people of his constituency.
With forecasts predicting more rainfall in the coming days, Speaker Khader urged local representatives and officials to maintain continuous communication with the public and to prioritise rescue and precautionary efforts.
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Five railway staffers injured as van headed to Rajdhani Express fire site overturns in MP
Ratlam (MP) (PTI): Five railway staffers were injured, one of them critically, when their van carrying repair equipment to the site of a Rajdhani Express fire overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Sunday, officials said.
The blaze erupted in an AC coach of the Delhi-bound Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express between Vikramgarh Alot and Lunirichha stations under the Kota division of the railways in Ratlam at 5.15 am.
It disrupted the movement of several trains on the Mumbai-Delhi route, as per the officials.
A van carrying necessary equipment to Alot overturned on the way when a cow suddenly strayed into the middle of the road, they said.
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Five railwaymen were injured, one of them critically, the officials said.
The incident took place when the van carrying essential equipment for overhead electric line repair, among other things, was on its way to Alot from Shyamnagar in Ratlam, West Central Railway's chief public relations officer Harshit Shrivastava told PTI.
The injured persons were rushed to the hospital and were subsequently referred to Kota in Rajasthan, officials said.
No casualties were reported in the train fire.
