Crops on 500 ha of land, 1,600 km of road damaged in rains
The Hindu
Deputy Commissioner has sent a detailed report to Chief Minister: Minister
Crops on 500 hectares of land and 1,600 km of road has been damaged during the recent spell of rains in Mysuru district.
Disclosing this to reporters in Mysuru on Saturday, Minister in charge of Mysuru district S.T. Somashekar said the Deputy Commissioner had sent a detailed report on the damage caused by rain in the district to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
The report also includes the damage caused to 1,994 houses including 87, which were completely damaged, and 1,907 that were partially damaged. The rains had also claimed three lives. While 1,100 km of roads in urban areas of the district had been damaged, 500 km of the roads in rural areas had been damaged in the rain, he said. A total of 67 school buildings had been damaged while 133 electric poles had collapsed.