Bhima Bridge Submergence
Kalaburagi
Heavy vehicle movement has been suspended since Saturday morning as the bridge over the Bhima River near Jewargi town has neared submergence. Passengers from Bangalore, Hubballi, Belgaum, Vijayapura, and other areas are stranded near the bridge, struggling to reach Kalaburagi. Vehicles, including buses and trucks, are lined up along the roadside, while some passengers from the Jewargi area were seen walking across the bridge carrying their luggage.
Nandini, arriving from Bangalore, said, “There are no vehicles to go to Kalaburagi.” Sharanamma, from Arakeri in Surapura, Yadgir district, was also waiting for transport.
Heavy rains in Maharashtra have led to the release of 3.50 lakh cusecs of water from the Sina, Ujni, and Veer reservoirs, causing flooding in several villages of Jewargi taluk, including Kattisangavi, Kudi, Kobal, Mandarwad, Handanur, Itaga, Mahura, Hanchinala, Bosaga, Rasanagi, Raddevadagi, Naribola, Rampur, Madari, Yanagunti, Malla, K Malla B Rajawala, Somnathhalli, Firozabad, and Saradagi. NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed in the affected villages.
With a red alert declared for Saturday and Sunday, DDPI Suryakanta Madane ordered schools to remain closed on the 27th and 28th. District in-charge Minister Priyank Kharge, KKRDB President, and Jewargi MLA Dr. Ajay Singh visited various villages to review the situation.
