Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Metal H.D. Kumaraswamy has urged the State authorities to right away come to assistance from the folks affected by the floods in a number of districts of Kalyana Karnataka.
Apart from heavy rainfall in districts within the area, launch of water from from Maharashtra’s Ujani and Neera reservoirs has put a number of low-lying villages, together with Bennethora, susceptible to rising waters.
In a media assertion on Sunday (September 28, 2025), Mr. Kumaraswamy mentioned he personally spoke to the Deputy Commissioners of Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Vijayapura, Bidar and Raichur over the telephone and requested them to undertake aid work at once.
Intensify rescue efforts
The persons are in nice misery because of heavy floods in numerous districts together with Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Bidar, Raichur and Koppal, he mentioned and harassed that the state authorities’s high precedence at this juncture needs to be to guard the lives of the folks and offering primary services throughout this troublesome time.
He urged the State authorities to arrange aid camps in each flood-affected taluk and guarantee availability of emergency services to the folks. Sufficient shares of meals, ingesting water, clothes, blankets and emergency medicines needs to be delivered to all of the districts at once, he added.
Mr. Kumaraswamy recommended that the NDRF and SDRF personnel ought to intensify their rescue efforts and pay particular consideration to the safety of the aged, youngsters and ladies. Faculties, hostels and academic establishments needs to be instantly transformed into short-term aid and well being facilities and acceptable preparations be made for shifting flood-affected households and younger youngsters to protected locations, he mentioned.
Crop loss aid
Along with the lack of lives, extreme crop loss and injury has occurred in these districts. The situation of the farmers is heart-breaking and acceptable and well timed aid needs to be supplied to them. It will allow them to regain their livelihood.
Livestock and animals have suffered vastly. Pressing motion needs to be taken to supply fodder, shelter and medical care, particularly to the livestock, that are the lifeline of the farming group, he mentioned. The minister has urged that public well being and animal well being groups needs to be saved on alert always.
Centre’s cooperation
The Kalyana Karnataka districts of Bidar, Vijayapura, Yadgir and Kalaburagi obtained heavy rains in the course of the Gauri Ganesh competition. The folks mustn’t need to undergo once more in the course of the Dasara and Deepavali festivals, he mentioned.
Mr. Kumaraswamy has assured that the Centre would offer all potential cooperation to the flood-affected folks.
Revealed – September 28, 2025 05:39 pm IST
