A young man died when a wall of his house, weakened following incessant rain, collapsed at Salahalli in Ramdurg taluk on Tuesday night.
Mallikarjun Madakappa Maski (31), the victim, was sleeping in the house when the wall collapsed. He died on the spot. The police sought help of village residents to extricate his body from under the debris. A case has been registered in the Katakol police station.
Heavy rains lashed most of Belagavi district on Tuesday and Wednesday. The district received 79.3 mm of rain in 24 hours ending Wednesday evening.
Most roads remained flooded in the city for hours. Traffic was disrupted on College Road, Congress Road Cross, Subhash Circle, Inspection Bungalow Circle and Town Police Station Junction. Traffic police had to wade through knee deep waters to control the rush at places.
Traffic police had to halt traffic on Belagavi – Goa Road for a few hours as the Chorla Ghat Road was blocked due to uprooting of trees and mud slides near the state border.