Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Around 24 people lost their lives due to the heavy rainfall in Karnataka since September including the loss of agricultural crops in five lakh hectares in the state.
According to the reports, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at his home office, Krishna all the points were discussed. The preliminary report on the damages stated that 658 houses were completely damaged and 8,495 houses were partially damaged. It has also resulted in the death of 191 livestock.
Further, around 5 lakh hectares of agricultural crops were lost and the horticulture crop loss has been assessed at 30,114 hectares and the continuous rains have damaged 2,203 kilometres of roads in the state. As many as 165 bridges are also damaged. The report mentioned that 1,225 school buildings, 39 public health centre (PHC) buildings in various districts are also severely damaged by rains. 1,674 electric poles are damaged and 278 transformers have also suffered damages. Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Ramanagar, Hassan districts have suffered extensively.
An amount of Rs 689 crore has been made available with District Commissioners in districts under the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). Action for the immediate release of Rs 1 lakh each as the first instalment of relief for those who lost their houses. Orders were issued to take up the road repair works immediately after the rain spell in the meeting. It was also suggested to take up the repair of irrigation tanks on war-footing.
