Woman washed away after falling off footbridge in Shivamogga district
The Hindu
A woman was washed away after she fell off a footbridge at Baise village in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district on Thursday.
Shivamogga
A woman was washed away after she fell off a footbridge at Baise village in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district on Thursday.
Many parts of Hosanagar, Sagar, and Tirthahalli taluks have been receiving heavy rains, and streams are full.
Shashikala, 43, fell off the footbridge made of areca trees while she was on the way to her field. As she did not return, her family members went looking for her and found the body stuck to a tree about a km from the footbridge.
Shashikala is survived by two sons.
Shivamogga district has been receiving heavy rains for the last two days, affecting life. Trees have got uprooted and electricity poles have fallen, disrupting power supply; low-lying areas have been flooded and rivers are in spate, leaving people on the banks worried.
A tree fell on a four-wheeler at Agumbe Ghat on Thursday and passengers suffered injuries. The incident occurred near the fourth hairpin curve at the ghat, affecting traffic on the narrow stretch of National Highway 169A.
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