Vijayapura District witnessed a flood-like situation as the Bheema river swelled and reached its maximum capacity.
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The situation could deteriorate downstream as over 20,000 cusecs of water from Ujjani and Veera Dam are likely to be released.
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Following this development, efforts are on to evacuate people living along the downstream.
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At Raichur, due to heavy rains on Tuesday night, standing paddy crops have been destroyed.
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At Sarjapur village 1000 hectares of paddy, which had reached the harvesting stage, were destroyed.
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At Kalburgi district, roads at Shahbad Town have been completely inundated, flooded hundreds of homes.
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In some areas, villagers are standing in knee-deep water asking for immediate attention from the state government.
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Scenes at Bidar District are no different as standing crops like sugarcane, banana and Tur have been destroyed.
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Taluks like Balki and Humnabad have been severely impacted. Due to heavy rains the connectivity also has been cut.
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At Koppal, rains have flooded village roads. A biker took the risk of taking his bike and got struck. Villagers rescued him by throwing a rope at him and saved him from drowning.
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