Rescue team recovers body of girl who was washed away

Dharwad: The National Disaster Response Force team, which had launched a search operation for an eight-year-old girl at Ganjigatti village in Kalghatagi taluk retrieved her body on Saturday.
Shridevi Hanumanthappa Ganiger was washed away in the Hirekeri flood while returning with her father from their field on Thursday night.
The NDRF team that was camping in Dharwad had rushed to the village in the early hours of Friday and along with the crew of Fire and Emergency Services had launched a search operation.
The girl’s body was eventually traced about 1.5km from the spot from which she went missing. The body was handed over to the family after autopsy.
Union Parliamentary affairs minister and Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi and deputy commissioner Nitesh Patil visited Shridevi’s parents and consoled them. Patil said steps will be taken immediately to pay compensation to the bereaved family.
Patil said one should not try to cross overflowing bridges and go near flooded areas and risk their lives. “They should wait patiently till the water recedes and take the help of local voluntary groups and disaster management personnel,” he said.
Two children injured in wall collapse
Two children were injured when the wall of their house collapsed while they were sleeping at Boguru village in Dharwad taluk on Friday midnight. Vishwanath Kuri, and his brother Yallappa, 2, have been admitted to the district hospital for treatment.