Over 900 personnel from multiple agencies, including one column of the Army’s Dogra Regiment, Air Force National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Civil Defence, Fire Force and National Cadet Corps have been deployed for rescue and relief operations in rain-battered Kodagu district.
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Saturday morning held an emergency meeting of officials to take stock of the situation and rush rescue personnel and relief materials to the people in distress. After the meeting, he made an aerial survey of the rain-affected areas of Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada regions.
Addressing the media after the meeting, he said that according to official information reaching the administration, over 350 people have been rescued so far and multiple agencies have pressed every rescue-related machinery into service.
A high-level committee headed by the Chief Secretary had been formed to address the financial issues related to the rescue operation, relief works and rehabilitation of the people stranded in rain-battered areas.