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Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu limping back to normalcy

Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu limping back to normalcy

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Karnataka's flood-hit Kodagu limping back to normalcy
Kodagu: A view of the coffee estate that was destroyed in the recent floods that hit Madikeri in Kodagu district of Karnataka on Aug 26, 2018. (Photo: IANS)
Kodagu (Karnataka), Aug 26 (IANS) Flood-hit Kodagu district in Karnataka is limping back to normalcy as hundreds of people returned to their homes from relief camps, said an official on Sunday.
"Kodagu is getting back to normalcy. A total of 1,800 people returned from the relief camps to their villages wherever the houses are intact," state Relief Commissioner Gangaram Baderia said in a statement.
The 51 temporary relief shelters, which housed 5,041 people across the district last week, have come down to 32, with 3,227 people residing in them.
The relief camps were set up a week ago in the district after torrential rains caused floods and landslips in the hilly district during the southwest monsoon from August 14-22.
The district's Deputy Commissioner P. Sreevidya had asked to relieve all the rescue teams, including the Army, Air Force, Navy and other agencies while keeping one team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the statement added.
The torrential rains have claimed 17 lives while damaging more than 2,200 homes and public buildings.
The Karnataka government has sought Rs 2,000 crore interim relief to rehabilitate the flood affected in the district, about 270 km from state capital Bengaluru.
The district received moderate to heavy rainfall on Sunday, and is likely to continue to see moderate to heavy rains for the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
--IANS
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