Bengaluru, Aug 4: The situation in flood ravaged three districts of North Karnataka turning to grim as there is no respite in rain and release of water from Koyna and other Reservoirs in neighbouring Maharashtra State as heavy down pour continuing in the catchment areas.
More than 400 people, 300 cattle stranded in marooned villages were rescued and sent to gruel Centres and cow shelters so far, according to official sources.
Standing crops in thousands of acres of land were washed out, water level in rivers are flowing above danger mark, many bridges and culverts were under water, Train service between Belgaum and Londa were badly affected as tracks were washed out at many places.
Due to heavy flow of water cracks have developed on Sadalaga-Dattawada road in Belagavi District and it has led to major disruption in vehicular movement. More than 10 villages were marooned in Chikkodi, Bagalkote Belagavi and Raichur Districts.
Administration is leaving no stone unturned in rescuing people and lives tocks stranded in the affected villages. Army personal from Maratha Regiment have been requested and they are helping NDRF, SDRF, Fire fighters and local experts in the rescue operation. The teams are finding it difficult to shift live stocks as the animals refuse to enter the rescue boats.
More than 350 people were shifted to safer places from the villages which were marooned.
Official sources said that about 2.70 cusecs of water were released from Reservoirs in Maharashtra and the quantum may increase since heavy down power is continuing in the catchment areas.
A couple Halappa and Nandamma were rescued in Bagalkote and one cow died while rescuing due to heart attack. Tasildar paid Rs 30,000 compensation to the cow owner Mahadevappa in Kanakanawadi Village.
In Belagavi district the most affected taluks are Khanapur, Chikkodi, Athani, Raybag and other places of Maharashtra-Goa-Karnataka border due to heavy rain pour lashing since last one week.
The district administration is fully prepared this time to cope-up with the flood situation with minimum casualties by deploying the army, five teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) along with the police and locally available skilled people in conducting rescue operations.
According to sources, Five teams of NDRF comprising 10 people in each team arrived from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, by flight on Sunday noon and they were deployed in flood affected villages in Chikkodi, Athani and Raibag taluks.
According to Superintendent of police Belagavi Laxman Nimbaragi, 265 families and 350 cattle have been rescued from 19 flood-affected villages in Athani, Raibag and Chikkodi taluks.
Water is flowing above danger level in many rivers including Markandeya, Gataprabha, Malaprabha, Vedganga, Dudganga in Norh Karnataka Districts.
Rain water has entered many temples in Kanapur, Gokak taluks, Markandeya river water entered in to the famous Adavisiddheshwar Matt in Kundaragi of Gokak taluk. Local taluk administration rescued 15 people stranded in the matt by boats.
Railway sources said that due to landslide the train service between Londa-Tinaighat, Miraj-Castlerock Passenger was partially cancelled between Belagavi and castle rock and Castlerock- Miraj Passenger train on August 5 is partially cancelled between Castlerock and Belagavi.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa will make an aerial survey of the flood affected places tomorrow.
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