Seven killed as house collapses; CM announces ₹5 lakh each relief
The Hindu
Seven persons died when their house collapsed in Badal Ankalagi village in Belagavi taluk after heavy rain on Wednesday. Six, including a child, of the deceased were members of a family. The other dec
Seven persons died when their house collapsed in Badal Ankalagi village in Belagavi taluk after heavy rain on Wednesday. Six, including a child, of the deceased were members of a family. The other deceased is the family’s neighbour’s child.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced a compensation of ₹5 lakh each for the deceased. He has also asked district in-charge Minister Govind Karjol to visit the village on Thursday, officers said.
Meanwhile, police officers and Fire and Emergency Services personnel rescued one person who was caught in the debris. He was rushed to the District Hospital in Belagavi. The police said that five died on the spot and two in hospital.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.