Incessant rain in Kalyana Karnataka region made the Bhima River flood its banks on Saturday (September 27), disrupting normal life and damaging crops and infrastructure. Relief-and-rescue work has been hastened to help the affected people.

A house collapsed due to heavy rain, killing an 11-year-old boy, Darshan Nagpa Lathura, and injuring his brother in Mahalingapura town of Bagalkote district. The brother is in hospital.

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Rescue operations underway

The downpour primarily affected Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Bidar, Vijayapura, Raichur and Koppal districts.

To make matters, worse, 3.50 lakh cusecs of water were released from Maharashtra’s dams, increasing the flow of the Bhima River and worsening the flood situat

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