Karnataka: 2 die, 1 missing as rain lashes coast, Malnad | Bengaluru News – Times of India

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Two people died and a eight-year-old girl is missing as rain continued to lash the state on Tuesday

BENGALURU: Two people died and a eight-year-old girl is missing as rain continued to lash the state on Tuesday. While two people died in Shivamogga and Chikkamagalur, Sannidhi, 8, fell off a wooden bridge while returning from school in Udupi’s Byndoor. Expert swimmers, Byndoor police and personnel from the fire and emergency services have been searching for her in vain.
Sujatha, 55, from Kachigondanahalli in Shivamogga taluk died in her house as a wall caved in on her on Monday night while she was having dinner with her husband, Krishanamurthy. Four people, including Krishnamurthy, were injured and were admitted to a hospital.
A four-wheeler got stuck in floodwaters of a village stream at Satkola in NR Pura taluk of Chikkamagaluru district. Police said Prasanna from Arisinagere died and two people were rescued.
In another incident, a man drove his car into a submerged bridge at Sakarayapatna near Chikkamagaluru and got stuck. As the vehicle started floating, the occupants swam to safety, while villagers used a rope to pull the car to the banks.
In Gokak taluk of Belagavi, police and an SDRF team evacuated Amarasiddeshwar Swamiji and others from Adavisiddeshwar Mutt due to the overflowing Markandeya river. A few hours later, floodwaters entered the mutt, said officials.
The new bridge across Bhadra river at Bhadravathi was submerged and water entered 30 houses at Kavalagundi, Ambedkhar Nagar and Gundappa Shed, located on the banks of the river in the industrial town. Over 60,000 cusecs of water was released from Bhadra dam.
In Chikkamagaluru, cracks have developed on the national highway at Ulume, connecting Koppa to Sringeri. Authorities have restricted movement of vehicles on the damaged parts of the road and taken up repair work.
A huge landslide accompanied with water explosion occurred in the middle of the road near a bridge at Karada village on Virajpet-Napoklu main road. Early morning, a private bus got stuck in the middle of the road and passengers had to wait for more than two hours.

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