Paddy fields, plantations and other farming lands of Dakshina Kannada were submerged as the inflow of water to dams at Hanneradu Kavalu and Angarekariya in Venoor and Hosangady increased due to rains, Karnataka-based media reports said on Thursday morning.
Agricultural lands, houses and roads were inundated in Karjothu, Mattu, Poocherlekki, Derar, Pade, Arladka, Thorpu, Perim Jangar, Kodamani, Kodingeri and other areas of Dakshina Kannada, reports said. As the water level in the Phalguni River rose, eight families were shifted to safer locations near Polali, Deccan Herald said in a report. A similar step was taken by the Moodbidri police to shift 15 households on the Belthangady-Moodbidri state highway, the report added.
In Bantwal, Nethravathi River's water level crossed the danger mark, reportedly touching 9.1 metre before falling to 8.7 metre by Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, Cauvery and Kapila rivers are flowing above the danger mark at several places in Mysuru, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts, Times Of India said in a report. As many as 134 families from eight villages were affected by the floods in Mysuru district alone, the daily quoted officials as saying. The Hemmige bridge, which connects T Narasipura to Talakadu, was submerged by the overflowing Cauvery.
Tourists are banned from entering Shivanasamudra, Bharachukki, Hogenakal and Wellesley Bridge, KRS dam and Brindavan Gardens till August 2, Friday, in the backdrop of the rain fury. For the first time since the 1990s, the KrishnaRajaSagara (KRS) dam recorded an outflow of 1.7 lakh cusecs of water.
Amidst the rescue efforts, Karnataka Minister Krishna Byre Gowda asserted that residents of potentially vulnerable areas must be forcibly relocated to safer places. Saving lives matter more than just dispensing compensations where lives are lost, he said.
