The toll in the rain and flood fury in Karnataka has climbed to 212 with six more bodies being recovered, officials said today.
Four bodies were recovered from Kaduwad near Karwar in Uttara Kannada district, the scene of a landslide that buried eight houses last week during pounding rains, they added.
As many as 19 people were feared to have been buried alive in the incident, of which 11 bodies have been recovered. Forty military and 20 Navy personnel along with three cranes and two excavators are engaged in operations in Kaduwad.
One body each was recovered from Bijapur and Koppal districts.
The number of houses that collapsed or were damaged in the havoc has been officially put at 298,713 this morning. As many as 5,300 cattle have been washed away.Some 1,497 villages have been damaged in the rains.
A total of 1,619 relief camps have been opened, sheltering 659,971 persons.
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