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Kalaburagi witnesses heavy rain, three lives lost

Kalaburagi, Oct 13 (UNI) Heavy rain which has continued from the last three days, has affected life in several parts of Kalaburagi district, flooding low-lying areas and roads, and damaging several houses.
Widespread rain in the district — which started on Saturday and continued till Monday night — left behind a trail of destruction. Low-lying areas in many villages and towns such as Jewargi were flooded. Authorities joined residents at several places to clear the floodwaters that had many houses.
A woman was washed away in a stream at Maraguthi tanda of Kamalapur in Kalaburagi taluk on Monday evening.

The rain related deaths in Kalaburagi rose to three as one more death was reported in Kamalapur village here.

According to the police, Shantabai Rathod (50), a woman farmer who was returning home from an agricultural field on Sunday evening, was washed away in a stream near Maraguthi tanda of Kamalapur. Her body was recovered on Monday evening.

Two youths in Shahabad town of Kalaburagi district were also washed away in a stream on Sunday evening, the source said here.

Traffic on the interstate highway connecting Waghdhari in Maharashtra and Ripponpalli in Andhra Pradesh and passing through Kalaburagi district was disrupted after a bridge near Malkhed in Sedam taluk was submerged in the Kagina waters.

In the last 48 hours, the district recorded 36 mm rainfall against a normal rainfall of 30 mm, according to Indian Meteorological Department.

Chincholi taluk reported the highest rainfall of 35 mm, followed by Kamalapur taluk with 25 mm rainfall.

Rainfall recorded in Aland, Afzalpur, Chittapur, Jewargi, Kalgi and Sedam taluks was between 10 mm and 15 mm. Yaddrami and Shahbad taluks recorded rainfall of 5 mm and 4 mm, respectively.

Overflowing rivulets submerged the standing crops in several areas and damaged an embankment, while roads were inundated and water entered houses in various parts of the district.
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