IN view of heavy rains battering numerous parts of coastal, malnad and north-interior Karnataka, causing flood-like situations and landslides, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Saturday directed district in-charge Ministers to stay put in their respective districts and monitor the relief and rescue operations there.

IN order to self asses the situation, the CM l himself be travelling to rain and flood-affected border district of Belagavi in north Karnataka on Sunday. Today Morning He spoke to district in-charge Ministers and Deputy Commissioners of various districts and gathered information about the rain and flood situation there. He also directed the in-charge Ministers to stay put in their respective districts.

According to the information from the State Disaster Management Authority, till last evening, 131 villages in 18 taluks of the state have been affected by rains and floods, and 16,213 people have been affected and three people have died, while two were missing.

Earlier, The Chief Minister had a virtual meeting with the district officials of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, Haveri, Chikkamagaluru and Dharwad, on Friday evening and had directed them to relocate the residents of low-lying villages along the river banks. With several dams in the state and neighbouring Maharashtra reaching brim, water is being released into the rivers, inundating low-lying and river banks areas.

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