Landslide cuts off Uttara Kannada's Suligeri village, people stranded for three weeks: Report
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Suligeri: Thirty-five families in the village of Suligeri in Uttara Kannada have reportedly been stranded for over three weeks without power, fuel, or access to basic services after a landslide near Kodasalli cut off all road and communication links. Despite the critical situation, the landslide site has remained untouched for the past 10 days, raising concerns over the safety and well-being of the villagers.
According to a report by The New Indian Express published on Saturday, heavy rainfall triggered the landslide, bringing down three electric poles and cutting off road access. The village has been left without power since, severely impacting daily life and access to basic services. There is also a growing concern that the villagers may soon run out of essential food supplies.
Residents have reported a complete lack of lighting and kerosene, forcing families to limit activities to daylight hours. “We have dinner in the evenings and sleep early, and wait for the first light of dawn,” a local shared.
Students have been particularly affected, with some relocating to nearby towns like Kadra to continue their education while few are staying in houses of relatives as they cannot return home. A few teachers assigned to Suligeri schools have been staying on school premises since ten days due to the inability to travel back home.
The landslide has also affected two roads—one connecting Suligeri to a nearby village and another leading to the Kodasalli dam. While Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) staff are being transported across the landslide site using dedicated vehicles, no such arrangement has been made for Suligeri villagers.
KPCL’s Kodasalli reservoir, which has an installed capacity of 150 MW and currently generates 100 MW of power, is also impacted. A damaged transformer caused by heavy rains has forced the facility to rely on a diesel generator. There is a possibility that the power unit itself might plunge into darkness, the report added.
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Compromised PM didn't sign trade deal with US, but a bargain for Adani's release: Rahul
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of signing a trade deal with the US only to secure the "release" of billionaire businessman Gautam Adani.
"Compromised PM did not strike a trade deal, but a bargain for Adani's release," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X, after reports that the US has agreed to settle the lawsuit that accused Adani of hiding alleged bribery.
The US government has agreed to settle the lawsuit filed against Adani, who is accused of duping investors by concealing that his company's huge solar energy project in India was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme, according to court filings published Thursday.
Reacting to the reports, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said it was now clear why the PM agreed to the "hopelessly one-sided Indo-US trade deal that was really a steal by the US".
"And it is also clear why he abruptly halted Operation Sindoor on May 10, 2025, acting on President Trump's threats rather than on our national interest. Reportedly, the Trump Administration is about to drop all charges of corruption against Modani," he said on X.
"How much more compromised can the PM get?" Ramesh asked.
In the lawsuit filed in late 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani, who is a director at the group's renewable energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd, of agreeing to pay about USD 265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between approximately 2020 and 2024 to obtain lucrative solar energy supply contracts on terms that expected to yield USD 2 billion of profit over 20 years.
It was alleged in the lawsuit that Adani Group raised USD 2 billion in loans and bonds, including from US firms, on the backs of false and misleading statements related to the firm's anti-bribery practices and policies.
The ports-to-energy conglomerate had denied the allegations.
