Bengaluru, Aug 8: As the rains continued to lash across Karnataka, the number of districts affected by floods raced to 11, with no relief in sight either in release of water from Maharashtra or from the heavy rain lashing most parts of the state.
As many as 28,883 people were evacuated from low-lying villages in 11 flood hit districts. The extent of land under water due to floods is set to increase as Almatti reservoir is expected to receive an inflow of up to five lakh cusecs. The inflow, according to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Cell, will be the highest till date as per records available.
Eleven people were killed in a single day (on Wednesday) in rain-related incidents across the state. As many as 237 villages in 32 taluks were affected as most rivers continued to swell dangerously.
IMD’s forecast — heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 3-4 days — for coastal and Malnad districts could worsen the situation and hamper rescue work. Road and rail connectivity in north Karnataka and coastal parts was disrupted with the shutting down of 26 state and national highways. Four trains were cancelled due to landslides between Srivagilu and Subramanya Road stations.
Dakshina Kannada, Belagavi, Kodagu and Dharwad districts extended holiday for schools and colleges by 2-3 days. Landslides — which caused havoc in Kodagu last year — staged a comeback with the district reporting a rash of incidents in Madikeri and Suntikoppa. Nethravathi breached the danger mark and flooded low-lying areas in Mangaluru.
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