<p>Minister S T Somashekar on Monday said that two persons and five animals were killed and 1,249 houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall in the district.</p>.<p>He was addressing the officials and the elected representatives in a meeting organised to discuss rain damages of the district at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here.</p>.<p>According to an officer, crops at 147.96 acres and horticulture crops at 214.97 acres were damaged.</p>.<p>"The rains have damaged a 700 km stretch of road. Besides, 67 primary schools and 33 primary health care centres have been," he said.</p>.<p>Somashekar said that he would discuss with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and take suitable measures.</p>.<p>The Minister also visited Chamundi Hill and inspected the landslip between View Point junction and Nandi Statue.</p>.<p>MLAs G T Devegowda, L Nagendra, Sa Ra Mahesh, H P Manjunath, K Mahadev, B Harshavardhan, MUDA Chairman H V Rajeev, Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham and others were present. The Minister said PWD Minister C C Patil will visit the spot after Deepavali festival.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Minister S T Somashekar on Monday said that two persons and five animals were killed and 1,249 houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall in the district.</p>.<p>He was addressing the officials and the elected representatives in a meeting organised to discuss rain damages of the district at Zilla Panchayat auditorium here.</p>.<p>According to an officer, crops at 147.96 acres and horticulture crops at 214.97 acres were damaged.</p>.<p>"The rains have damaged a 700 km stretch of road. Besides, 67 primary schools and 33 primary health care centres have been," he said.</p>.<p>Somashekar said that he would discuss with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and take suitable measures.</p>.<p>The Minister also visited Chamundi Hill and inspected the landslip between View Point junction and Nandi Statue.</p>.<p>MLAs G T Devegowda, L Nagendra, Sa Ra Mahesh, H P Manjunath, K Mahadev, B Harshavardhan, MUDA Chairman H V Rajeev, Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham and others were present. The Minister said PWD Minister C C Patil will visit the spot after Deepavali festival.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
