<p class="title">Residents of flood-affected villages in Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu in Kodagu staged a protest against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for skipping his visit to their villages on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After his visit to the relief centre in Nelyahudikeri according to the itinerary, the chief minister left for Bengaluru, skipping the visit to flood-affected villages in Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister’s abrupt return to Bengaluru left the flood victims seething in anger. The flood-hit victims from Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu accused him of neglecting them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The residents also questioned why the chief minister had to come all the way from Bengaluru to conduct a meeting and visit the relief centre in Nelyahudikeri. Why did he not visit the flood-hit areas in Kumbaragundi closer to Nelyahudikeri? More than 90 houses had collapsed due to floods in Kumbaragundi alone, they pointed out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hundreds of people from the flood-hit villages of Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu waited from 2 pm to 4.30 pm for his arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the chief minister returned to Bengaluru as dusk had begun to set in and it would be difficult for the chopper to take off in the dark.</p>
<p class="title">Residents of flood-affected villages in Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu in Kodagu staged a protest against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa for skipping his visit to their villages on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After his visit to the relief centre in Nelyahudikeri according to the itinerary, the chief minister left for Bengaluru, skipping the visit to flood-affected villages in Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The chief minister’s abrupt return to Bengaluru left the flood victims seething in anger. The flood-hit victims from Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu accused him of neglecting them.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The residents also questioned why the chief minister had to come all the way from Bengaluru to conduct a meeting and visit the relief centre in Nelyahudikeri. Why did he not visit the flood-hit areas in Kumbaragundi closer to Nelyahudikeri? More than 90 houses had collapsed due to floods in Kumbaragundi alone, they pointed out.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hundreds of people from the flood-hit villages of Kumbaragundi and Karadigodu waited from 2 pm to 4.30 pm for his arrival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the chief minister returned to Bengaluru as dusk had begun to set in and it would be difficult for the chopper to take off in the dark.</p>