AP &KARNATAKA FLOODS - THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS (Vol –I)

Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh reel under unprecedented floods that have resulted in the deaths of over 240 people and widespread destruction of public property, crops and infrastructure, etc. Millions of people have been affected by the flood fury in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, with lakhs of them being displaced from their homes and accommodated in temporary relief shelters, even as many reservoirs and rivers, especially the Krishna, were said to be overflowing causing inundation and submergence in vast swathes cutting across the two neighboring states.

The rain and flood have killed 206 people in Karnataka with 12 new deaths reported yesterday and have left around a million homeless as over 3,00,000 houses have been fully or partially damaged. In Andhra Pradesh, the toll is 49 with 4,50,000 homeless as many houses were damaged in five districts. About 500 villages were inundated impacting over 1.8 million people in these districts.

Of the 15 districts affected in Karnataka, heavy loss of life and destruction to property was in the northern districts of Bijapur, Bagalkot, Raichur and Bellary. Rain has stopped and flood water is receding in the affected districts in north Karnataka.