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Heavy rain floods many areas in Raichur

By Our Staff Correspondent

RAICHUR, SEPT. 22. Raichur district received heavy rainfall on Tuesday night. Most of the low-lying localities in Raichur city, including Bhangikunta, Basawanabhavi Circle, Myadarwadi, and Mouleshwar Chowk, were flooded.

Traffic on Netajinagar-Shroff Bazaar Road, Teen Khandil-Ek Minar Road, and Mouleshwar Chowk-Gunj Road was affected for four hours till 8 p.m. after open drains in these areas overflowed. Water also gushed into a few houses in Nijalingappa Colony.

Bridge washed away

Except Sindhanoor taluk, heavy rainfall was reported in the other four taluks of the district. However, a nala in Sindhanoor town began to overflow following heavy rainfall in the catchment area. A temporary bridge across the nala was washed away by the floodwater. This affected the movement of vehicles between Raichur and Sindhanoor for some time. Buses took a diversion via Lingsugur to reach Sindhanoor, Hubli, Gangavathi, Koppal, Hospet, Bellary, Shimoga, and Bangalore.

According to official reports, Raichur taluk received a record rainfall of 75.1 mm on Tuesday. Twenty-three mm of rainfall was recorded in Deodurga, Manvi, and Lingsugur taluks. The district has received 151.4 mm of rainfall as against the normal of 152.1 mm for the month. The taluk-wise rainfall in the past 21 days is as follows with normal rainfall for the month given in brackets: Raichur, 285.9 mm (165.8); Manvi, 108.1 mm (66.7); Deodurga, 88.1 mm (161.5); Lingsugur, 94 mm (141.4); and Sindhanoor, 180 mm (125).

Three dead

Three persons of a family died on the spot when the roof of their house in Shakhapur village of Raichur taluk collapsed on them while they were asleep on Monday.

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