Heavy rains batter Kodagu: Navy arrives from Karwar
Instructed to open gruel centers, rural areas in danger
Kodagu, August 17: The Kodagu district has completely affected by the incessant rains following which the rural areas are in a dangerous state.
Minister RV Deshpande has said that 70 navy personnel from Karwar were arriving soon to rescue the victims. Speaking at Madikeri, he said, “80 soldiers are arriving here from Mangaluru. Revenue and Health Department staff from Mysuru and Hassan have been deployed. Medical teams are coming from different parts of the state. It has been instructed to supply kerosene from Mysuru as the power supply has been disrupted across the district.
While the instructions have been provided to open gruel centers at required places, the SP has been asked to take all the JCBs in the district into custody. Due to bad weather, the use of helicopters for the rescue operations has become challenging. It is possible to reach to victims only when the weather conditions improve, the minister said.
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Kalaburagi: 29-year-old woman’s body found in burnt state 5 yrs after ‘separation’ from husband
Kalaburagi: A 29-year-old woman, Jyothi, who was a resident of the Sangameshwara Colony in the city, was allegedly murdered and her body set on fire, in an incident reported from Itaga village of Kalaburagi taluk.
Jyothi, who got married 10 years ago, had left her husband five years ago, returned to her parents’ house and was living there since then. Jyothi had gone out of home on Thursday morning; in the afternoon, however, her body was found in a charred state.
Farhatabad Police officers have registered a case and are investigating. They have suspected the deceased woman to have been murdered and a family feud to be the reason for the possible murder.
