The Chief Minister will take an aerial survey on October 21.Karnataka Bengaluru Coronavirus News Live Updates: As the flood situation continued to persist leaving hundreds of villages in Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur and Vijayapura districts inundated with Krishna and Bhima rivers in spate, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced that he would take an aerial survey on October 21 to assess the extent of damage caused by the same.
In a statement, he said that many villages in these districts were “either completely or partially submerged” due to floods caused by heavy rains last week. At the same time, the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) said that at least 20,269 people, including 15,078 in Kalaburagi have been evacuated by the Army, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) besides local police and district authorities.
Meanwhile, with 7184 more people contracting coronavirus on Sunday, the total tally in Karnataka rose to over 7.58 lakh with more nearly 1.1 lakh cases termed ‘active’ by the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services. 3535 more cases were confirmed in Bengaluru which also has the highest number of active cases to date (64,435). Other districts that reported the most cases on October 18 were Mysuru (404), Mandya (308), Bengaluru Rural (288), and Hassan (257).
Aditya Alva is among the 12 accused in the case involving Kannada actors.
Meanwhile, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Bengaluru City Police informed the Karnataka High Court that it has found incriminating evidence in support of the FIR against the accused Aditya Alva, at his residence, in connection with the Sandalwood drugs case.
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At the same time, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has named a dentist and a computer applications specialist as key persons involved in sending a group of six to seven youths from Bengaluru to Syria in the 2013-14 period to join the Islamic State.
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Karnataka Bengaluru Coronavirus Live Updates: CM Yediyurappa to take aerial survey to assess flood-damage in north Karnataka
