Three persons were killed after being struck by lightning and private and public property were damaged due to gusty winds that have been blowing all over the district during the past 48 hours.
Deaths have been reported from Ballari, Sandur and Hosapete taluks on Wednesday. In addition, 150 houses and huts, horticultural crops and agricultural crops, including mango, banana, sapota and paddy, have been destroyed in 248 hectares of land mostly in Hosapete and Hagari Bommanahalli taluks.
On Friday, five high-tension power transmission towers fell near Bannigol village in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk.
According to sources in Gulbarga Electric Supply Company (GESCOM), 500 electrical poles and 120 transformers have been damaged due to gusty winds in Ballari, Koppal and Raichur districts. A report has been sent seeking approval for taking up restoration work besides requisitioning supply of 1,000 poles to be kept as buffer stock.
