More than 10,000 houses were damaged due to the rains.
The fresh spell of rainfall across Karnataka has taken the lives of 13 people and displaced more than 7,000 people in the state. All 13 deaths were reported in the central and northern districts of Koppal (4), Haveri, Belagavi (2 each), Davangere, Raichur, Chitradurga, Dharwad, Bagalkot (1 each). With many areas flooded, six National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been deployed in Belagavi (2), Gadag, Dharwad, Haveri, Bagalkot (1 each). 28 rehabilitation centres have been opened across the state to house 7220 people displaced by the rains. Coastal, central and northern districts of the state received widespread moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours, a situation report by the Chief Minister's office stated. The report said that 150 animals lives were lost while more than 10,000 houses were damaged due to the rains. This included 202 houses that were damaged completely, of which 160 are from Haveri district. The spell of rains which began on October 18 affected 27 of the 30 districts in the state. The reservoirs in the Krishna and Cauvery basin in Karnataka are either at or near full reservoir level, the situation report by CMO stated. The discharge in the reservoirs has been increased in order to keep appropriate buffer. Officials in the state are on high alert as the rainfall is expected to continue for the next 2-3 days across the state. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that scattered moderate rainfall along with heavy rainfall in isolated areas are likely in Belagavi, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Ballari and Koppal districts. Similarly, a red warning was issued by the IMD for the three coastal Karnataka districts - Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada - while an orange warning was issued for several districts in the interior part of the state. The upper Krishna basement in Maharashtra is also expected to receive widespread moderate rainfall along with heavy rains in isolated areas. Rainfall in the Upper Krishna basin was one of the factors behind the floods that hit the state in August. More than 4 lakh people were displaced by the floods in August, particularly in the northern part of the state. Landslides affected areas in Malnad region of the state.
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