Hubballi: The first showers of this summer time which lashed the city for part an hour on Monday didn't convey a grin on the faces of Hubballi residents. Instead it left many distraught due to the heavy wind that broken a number of homes.
Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation’s (HDMC) complaint segment received over 800 rain-related complaints from 4.30pm on Monday to 4pm on Tuesday. HDMC officials stated as many as 45 bushes had been uprooted or branches crashed down all the way through the rain. Underground drains had been blocked in different localities and water overflowed on to the streets.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, wind was blowing at a speed of 21 kmph on Tuesday.
Residents spend the evening in dark
The sturdy wind that accompanied the rain uprooted as many as 28 electric poles in Hubballi and 4 major transformers broke down. As a outcome, many spaces in the city witnessed energy failure. Residents spent all the evening without energy.
The energy failure additionally brought about nice inconvenience to SSLC students making ready for Wednesday’s Kannada exam.
A flood like state of affairs was created on major roads and in internal portions of Hubballi due to drains and underground drains getting blocked.
HESCOM public relation officer Prashant Dixit stated energy was restored after the rain stopped. “However, some bushes and branches fell on energy lines and electrical energy poles had been broken. Our body of workers worked until morning to restore energy,” he stated.
Tahsildar Shashidhar Madyal stated a tree fell on the house of Siddappa Jalagar and Arjun Jalgar in Unkal. As many as 15 properties had been broken in Aralikatti Colony due to the rain. A tree branch fell on the house of Veeresh Ullagaddi in Bhavani Nagar and brought about some injury to the construction, he added.
Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation’s (HDMC) complaint segment received over 800 rain-related complaints from 4.30pm on Monday to 4pm on Tuesday. HDMC officials stated as many as 45 bushes had been uprooted or branches crashed down all the way through the rain. Underground drains had been blocked in different localities and water overflowed on to the streets.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, wind was blowing at a speed of 21 kmph on Tuesday.
Residents spend the evening in dark
The sturdy wind that accompanied the rain uprooted as many as 28 electric poles in Hubballi and 4 major transformers broke down. As a outcome, many spaces in the city witnessed energy failure. Residents spent all the evening without energy.
The energy failure additionally brought about nice inconvenience to SSLC students making ready for Wednesday’s Kannada exam.
A flood like state of affairs was created on major roads and in internal portions of Hubballi due to drains and underground drains getting blocked.
HESCOM public relation officer Prashant Dixit stated energy was restored after the rain stopped. “However, some bushes and branches fell on energy lines and electrical energy poles had been broken. Our body of workers worked until morning to restore energy,” he stated.
Tahsildar Shashidhar Madyal stated a tree fell on the house of Siddappa Jalagar and Arjun Jalgar in Unkal. As many as 15 properties had been broken in Aralikatti Colony due to the rain. A tree branch fell on the house of Veeresh Ullagaddi in Bhavani Nagar and brought about some injury to the construction, he added.
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March 28, 2019
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