Summary:
Chikmagalur (Karnataka): Risking their lives every day to meet their basic needs, people including students in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur are facing problems while crossing a river through a damaged bridge. Villagers are compelled to use wooden logs over the bridge to cross the river. Due to heavy rainfall, the condition of the bridge has turned worse. Among the various districts affected by the heavy rainfall recently is Chikmagalur, where areas such as Sringeri, Balehonnur, Narasimharajapura, Mudigere, Kudhremukh and Koppa were battered by the downpour. Dams in Karnataka are overflowing after heavy rainfall..