Downpour rattles urban dwellers in Hubballi, Dharwad

A damaged roadworthy adjacent Narendra colony of Dharwad taluk. Tuesday’s downpour damaged respective roads and crops successful villages of Dharwad district. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Heavy rainfall lashed assorted parts of Dharwad district, including the duplicate cities, connected Tuesday nighttime leaving respective roads and low-lying areas in villages and towns flooded.

While the territory received rainfall connected Monday, Tuesday’s downpour coupled with thunder and lightning was aggravated and caught the radical disconnected guard.

The Dajibanpet locality, Unakal Cross successful Hubballi, witnessed flooding of roads, resulting successful respective vehicles successful knee-deep water. The flooding consequently affected vehicular question connected the engaged Hubballi-Dharwad roadworthy for immoderate time. The postulation constabulary had a hard clip clearing the postulation jam.

A akin concern was witnessed connected roads earlier KMF and NTTF successful Dharwad affecting the vehicular movement.

While the downpour besides led to powerfulness cuts, determination were reports of rainwater mixed with sewage entering houses successful low-lying areas of some Hubballi and Dharwad. The downpour besides exposed the unpreparedness of the municipal medication successful the duplicate cities arsenic choked drains caused flooding connected arterial roads.

There were reports of respective colony roads getting damaged due to the fact that of the downpour and the authorities are collating information connected rain-induced harm of harvest and properties.

Published - May 14, 2025 08:19 p.m. IST