Death toll rises to 11 in Karnataka floods, over 40,000 people evacuated

The death toll due to heavy rains and floods in Belagavi district rose to eight after four more people died on Wednesday. This takes the number of lives lost in the state to 11. Sixteen-year-old Basavaraj Kamble was washed away in the Krishna river when he tried swim to the banks of the river in Teerth, a village which was flooded due to heavy rain. According to Belagavi District Commissioner Bommanahalli, Basavaraj Kamble and two other locals swam from Teeth to Sapthasagar village. While the two others made it, Basavaraj was washed away. Yellesh Gangaram Bannavar of Chandanhosur village and Padmavati Patil of Lolsur village in Gokak taluk died after their house collapsed due to heavy rain on Wednesday. DC Bommanahalli says that a newborn baby died in Athani when houses were flooded on Wednesday. On Thursday morning, 12-year-old Shilpa Siddappa Manguli, a Class 5 student died when she attempted to cross the stream in Nagara Munnolli village, taking the death toll to eight. In addition, two persons from Uttara Kannada and one person from Shivamogga lost their lives due to the heavy rains and floods. As per a situation report released by the Karnataka government, 67 relief camps have been opened in Uttara Kannada district and more than 8,000 people are camped in these relief camps. 161 relief camps have been opened in Belagavi district, 21 in Bagalkot district. and 4 in Raichur district housing over 14,000 people. More than 40,000 people have been evacuated, most of them from Belagavi. Two relief camps have been readied in Dakshina Kannada and eleven camps in Kodagu in case of increase in rains. 8 NDRF teams, 10 columns of the Indian Army including 8 columns of the Maratha Light Infantry and 2 SDRF teams are carrying out rescue operations. They are focused on Belagavi and Uttara Kannada over fears of the Krishna and Kali river overflowing. Control room numbers Belagavi control room: 08312407290 Dakshina Kannada control room: 08242442590 Vijayapura control room: 08352221261 Udupi control room: 08202574802 Bagalkot control room: 08354236240 Uttara Kannada control room: 08382229857 Raichur district control room: 08272221077 Kodagu control room: 08532226383 Yadagiri control room: 08473253771 Hassan control room: 08172261111 Shivamogga control room: 08182-271101, 08182-267226 Chikkamagaluru control room: 08262238950 State emergency operations center: 080-1070,080-22340676 WhatsApp: 9008405955 Fire and emergency services Flood control room: 080-25573333 WhatsApp: 9513749080 Source: The News Minute