In response to the severe weather conditions and subsequent landslides in the Uttar Kannada district, the Indian Army has deployed its forces to assist in rescue operations.
The search and rescue operations are continuing in the Ankola region in the village. The Chief Minister interacted with the SDRF and NDRF teams which are undertaking the operations.
Restoration work is underway following a massive landslide that claimed the lives of 10 people on National Highway 66 near Shirur village in Ankola taluk earlier on July 18.
Following a massive landslide in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, people from Ankola Taluk took shelter at care centers in the Shirur village of the district on Friday.
Congress MLA Satish Sail on Friday expressed veiled displeasure over Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar, not visiting the landslide site in Uttara Kannada.
Referring to the Rameshwaram cafe blast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked Congress and said that the party for the "sake of votes" is taking support of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in Wayanad.
The Prime Minister further slammed the Congress party for rejecting an invitation to the Ayodhya Ram Temple inauguration ceremony earlier in January this year.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed confidence in the Congress party's victory in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections while urging the party members to 'work with unity'.
Former Union Minister and BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde said that his party needs a total of 400 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls if any changes are to be made in the Constitution.
Confirming that two people have died so far due to the Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD) in Karnataka, the state's Health Minister, Dinesh Gundu Rao, said on Wednesday that further prevention of deaths from the disease is an utmost priority for the government.