LD FLOOD TWO

LD FLOOD TWO
The good news for Andhra Pradesh is that inflow of
water in Srisailam dam, which has been releasing water, is
likely to come down, which may provide relief to Kurnool
district.

Massive rescue and relief operation are underway in
the affected areas with seven helicopters, 550 army personnel
and 165 personnel of National Disaster Response Force and 138
boats pressed into service.
The Revenue Minister said lakhs of food and water
sachets and other relief material are being distributed to the
flood victims in all the districts.

In Karnataka, the highest number of 28 deaths were
registered in Bijapur followed by Raichur (19) and Koppal
(18), Bagalkote and Gulbarga (13 each), Davanagere (nine),
Uttarakand (five), Gadag (seven), Bellary (nine), Bidar (four)
and Belgaum (seven) from Sept 28 to October 3, Home Minister V
S Acharya said.

Fifteen districts have been impacted in varying degrees
by the monsoon fury, he said, adding, the unprecedented rain
in northern Karnataka has damaged 1,03,291 houses.

Rescue operations were on in full swing in Kadawada
village in Uttara Kannada district where a major landslide
buried eight houses. According to eyewitnesses, around 11-21
people were feared trapped.

Rains had abated to some extent except in coastal parts
and Bellary district, he said.

The Indian Air Force evacuated 12 persons caught in
neck-deep water in Bellary district while 32 marooned people
were rescued from the temple town of Mantralaya in Andhra
Pradesh's Kurnool district bordering Raichur in Karnataka.
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