Team of experts from NGRI to visit tremor-hit Kalaburagi villages today
The Hindu
‘No major damage except for the collapse of five houses at Gadikeshwar village’
A team of scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) will, on Sunday, visit the villages that were frequently hit by the low-intensity earthquakes for the last 10 days, said Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner Vijaya Jyothsna.
Addressing a gathering at Hosalli (H) in Kalagi taluk, one of the tremor-hit villages, on Saturday, the officer said the expert team from the Hyderabad-based premier geoscientific research organisation would visit the tremor-hit villages and take stock of the situation by conducting a study. Ms. Jyothsna was in the village as part of her village-stay programme.

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