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Heavy rain claims three lives in Bidar

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Bidar: Torrential rains continued for the third consecutive day bringing further destruction in various parts of Bidar district. The river Manjira is in spate as Maharashtra has released water from Dhanegaon dam in Udgir taluk. Standing crops on 49,991 hectares were washed away due to the floods in the river.
Heavy rain has claimed three lives in the district. Madhu, a six-month-old baby, who was sick, died as his parents could not take him to hospital in time due to flooded roads. An 8-year-old boy, who was returning from his aunt’s house, drowned after falling into a road-side pit in Sindhankera village of Humnabad taluk.

The residents of Tegampurkere in Aurad taluk found a body floating in the water body on Saturday. It is suspected that the victim was washed away in rainwater. Police are  yet to ascertain the identity of the person. Bidar district recorded 52mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours. As many as 2,600 houses are estimated to have been damaged due to the rains in the last three days in Bidar and Kalaburagi districts.

The officials said three teams of the National Disaster Response Force those stationed at Hyderabad, Guntur and Davangere have taken up rescue and relief operations in the flooded areas.

Gangaram Baderiya, Principal Secretary, Revenue Department (Disaster Management), when contacted by DH, said he had sent three teams of NDRF to the flood-affected districts. “I am visiting the districts on Sunday to take stock of the situation. I am yet to get a report on the casualties in those districts,” he said when asked how many deaths have been reported due to the floods.

Around 250 residents of Anandwadi village in Bhalki taluk had been shifted to nearby government high school as the villages faces flood threat. Road connectivity has been snapped at various places as bridges have submerged.

Inputs from DHNS

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