In monsoon havoc, 3,213 houses damaged in Mysuru district since June

Pending compensation to be cleared by August 30, says Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham

Incessant rains over the last few days and the cumulative impact of a vigorous monsoon has damaged 3,213 houses in Mysuru district between June and August 28.

In addition, 159 primary schools, 15 anganwadi centres and 13 primary health centres too have suffered rain damage this year.

This was revealed during an assessment of the damage and review by district in-charge Minister S.T. Somashekar, in Mysuru on August 29.

A presentation by authorities on the extent of damage caused by rains, which covered agriculture, property and livestock, revealed that two persons lost their lives. One of them was washed away in Mavinahalli in Jayapura taluk of Mysuru district on August 27.

Deputy Commissioner Bagadi Gautham said that compensation was paid to victims of house damage in as many as 2,497 cases while compensation pertaining to 716 cases were pending, but would be cleared by August 30. With respect to the damage caused in different taluks, maximum impact was in Periyapatna where as many as 865 houses were damaged with the degree ranging from severe to minor, and a majority of them had mud walls that caved in due to incessant rains..

This was followed by Saragur where 674 houses were damaged, while 509 houses were damaged in H.D. Kote.

There was no immediate threat of flooding anywhere in the district as the outflow from the Kabini reservoir at Beechanahalli in H.D. Kote was hovering at the rate of 20,000 cusecs. It is only when the outflow is at the rate of 75,000 cusecs that a few villages in the tail-end get submerged, he added.