Karnataka floods: Farmers risk lives, jump into water to save motor pump

Aug 8, 2020, 12:43 PM IST

Hunsuru (Karnataka): As Karnataka battles flash floods due to swelling of rivers, at the perennial river Kaveri's Lakshman Tirtha Dam, the farmers of Hunsuru witnessed water flooding their fields. Two farmers, Sanjay and Seenegowda, risked their lives to save a motor pump from being damaged and carried it safely using a wooden log.