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Bengaluru: Indian Army troops and Navy divers joined the national and state disaster relief forces to rescue hundreds of people marooned in Karnataka’s flood-hit Kodagu district, said an official statement on Friday. Kumaraswamy is visiting Kodagu on Saturday to assess the situation and review relief operations in the district, where landslides claimed four lives since Thursday. “Kumaraswamy will visit the rain-hit areas in the district and review the rescue and relief operations with officials,” said another official statement released by the Chief Minister’s office on Friday night. About 200 personnel of the state fire service had rescued people in flood-hit towns and villages across the district with their boats and equipment. The Chief Minister also directed district in-charge Sa Ra Mahesh to rush relief materials to Kodagu from Mysuru..