Heavy showers, gusty winds uproot electricity poles

Heavy showers damage an electricity pole at 7th Hoskote.

Officials repair an electricity pole at Betoli.

CESC personnel repair an electricity pole amidst a stream at Betoli.

CESC personnel repair an electricity pole by climbing a private bus at AloorSiddapura.

With rain lashing various parts of the district, Bhagamandala-Napoklu and Napoklu-Murnadu roads remained under water for the second consecutive day.

River Kaveri is in spate and the movement of vehicles on these roads have remained disrupted.

Several electricity poles were uprooted in the gusty wind along with heavy showers in Suntikoppa hobli.

A tree fell on an electrcity pole and disrupted power supply on NH 275 at 7th Hosakote.

An autorickashaw was damaged after a tree fell on it at Gundugutti. The auto is owned by Dhanu.

The water level in Kajoor stream has receded in Shanivarasanthe.

As many as four cattle died due to gusty wind and chill weather. With this,
number of deaths of cattle has risen to 24.

As many as eight houses have been damaged and 134 electricity poles have been uprooted.

Two more relief centres have been opened in the district. As many as 568 people have been provided shelters in six relief centres.

The NDRF and CESC personnel restored the power connecting by removing a bamboo bush that had fallen on 11 kv electric wire in the middle of Kadaluru stream at Betoli.

Intermittent rain has thrown normal life out of gear in Somwarpet. Several trees have been uprooted on the roads and coffee plantations in the taluk.

With the disruption in power supply, the water supply has been affected in the taluk.

Several electricity poles were uprooted at Malambi. The CESC personnel were seen restoring power supply by climbing a private bus that was parked by the side of the road.

A house, owned by H C Harish, was damaged after a mudslide at Hanchinalli.

In the last 24 hours, Shanthalli hobli received 12.94 cm rainfall, Somwarpet 5.34 cm and Shanivarasanthe- 5.2 cm rainfall.