Karnataka Minister visits flood-hit Ganagapur, Sonna

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Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi In complaint  Priyank Kharge astatine  Sonna barrage successful  Kalaburagi territory  during his sojourn  to flood-hit areas connected  Friday.

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi In complaint Priyank Kharge astatine Sonna barrage successful Kalaburagi territory during his sojourn to flood-hit areas connected Friday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi territory In complaint Priyank Kharge connected Friday visited Ganagapur, Sonna, and different areas that were deed by floods arsenic a ample measurement of h2o has been released into the Bhima from Maharashtra’s Veer, Ujani, and Seena reservoirs and Bori river, triggering fears of flooding.

At Deval Ganagapur, the Minister inspected the Ganagapur-Itaga span which has been wholly submerged owed to the rising waters.

Villagers explained that the span gets submerged each twelvemonth during floods, cutting disconnected connectivity. They urged the Minister to rise its tallness to supply a imperishable solution. Mr. Kharge told them that helium volition sojourn the spot again aft the waters recede, behaviour a elaborate inspection and instrumentality indispensable steps.

Expressing interest implicit the hazard of contaminated h2o proviso successful flood-hit villages, the Minister directed the taluk panchayat enforcement serviceman to guarantee the organisation of cleanable and purified drinking h2o to residents.

Mr. Kharge besides visited the alleviation centre acceptable up astatine the Ganagapur Yatri Nivas, interacted with the displaced residents and instructed officials to supply cooked meals and indispensable facilities astatine the camp.

He aboriginal inspected connectivity to the Sangam country which has been chopped disconnected by the floods.

During his visit, the Minister besides examined harvest damage. At Chaudapur village, helium visited the fields of Hema Ashok, Dhanashree Kishor and Chandappa Gurappa Ambadi, wherever reddish gram harvest has been destroyed. He besides inspected farms astatine Mallabad wherever herb and fabric crops person been destroyed by dense rains.

He was accompanied by Member of Legislative Council Jayadev Guttedar, Kalaburagi Urban Development Authority Chairman Mazhar Alam Khan, territory officials including Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Tarannum, Superintendent of Police Adduru Srinivasulu, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Bhanwar Singh Meena, Assistant Commissioner Sahitya, Joint Director of Agriculture Samad Patel, and officers from the Public Works and Revenue departments.

Published - September 27, 2025 09:55 p.m. IST

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