Unprecedented rain in Ramanagaram district causes havoc; two dead, many houses damaged
The HinduThe unprecedented rainfall in Ramanagaram district, near here, since the early hours of Monday has claimed lives of two persons and flooded over 5,000 houses, damaging around 2,200 houses. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who went on an inspection of the rain-damaged areas in Ramanagaram, blamed the incomplete works that had clogged the drains for the flooding of the National Highway, homes and agriculture fields. Providing the initial data on the extent of damage in the district, Mr. Bommai said that 2,200 homes, including 133 in Ramanagaram town, have been either partially or fully damaged while 3,863 homes across the district were inundated. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told presspersons at Ramanagaram, near here on Monday that the road had been designed taking into consideration the average rainfall of the 20 to 30 years.