Our north karnataka is flooding(Ground survey of North Karnataka flood affected areas)

All,

Latest updates from ground survey done on Saturday 29th September in Ron taluk of Gadag district.

Volunteers Dundappa Bali, Shrinivas Balulad, Somashekhar Sonnagi visited Kuruvinkoppa village to gather ground realities.

Kuruvinkoppa is small village comprising of about 100 families in Ron taluk of Gadag District .The whole village has been submerged due to heavy rain and for about 3 days and 3 nights around 400 people were staying on the top of 2 temples. The rescue operation started on the 4th day by the army through helicopter and boats. All the houses in the village are completely collapsed and they are now shifted to a college in Holealur situated about 3 km away from the Kuravinkoppa.

With help of Govt and local communities people have been provided with temporary shelter and food. When questioned what needs to be done to help them in our little way, people responded by saying “Food Grains” (Basically Jawar) as most basic requirement as of now .It will take a while to restore their life back to normalcy.

What we plan to do?
We are planning to buy food grains (like Jawar) from the collected money and donate it to the each affected family this coming Saturday, 6th October.

So what each one of us can do?
1) We can contribute as much money as possible and be a part of this noble cause. Please make your contributions on or before coming Friday 5th of October
2) Awareness of issue could be one more positive step, so forward it to your friends/relatives to gather more support

We would like to thank following people who helped us while surveying the village
1) Dr. Ballappanawar (Veterinary officer, Gadag).
2) Dr. Hulagannavar (Veterinary officer, Ron).
3) Mrs. Sharada (KAS) (Tahashildar, Ron).

Please see the below link and post ur suggestions/comments in the blog.
http://expressthefeelings.blogspot.com/2007/09/raising-fund-for-flood-remedy-in-north.html#links
http://expressthefeelings.blogspot.com/2007/09/our-north-karnataka-is-flooding.html#links
http://expressthefeelings.blogspot.com/2007/10/our-north-karnataka-is-floodingground.html#links

and some pictures related are at: http://picasaweb.google.com/dbali.81/NorthKarnatakaFloodsLink

And those who want to contribute see the below mail for the bank account /contact details.

Please Note: All the contributions are on voluntary basis so contribute willingly.

Picture 1 –Homeless and destroyed - Kuruvinkoppa villagers


Picture 2—Crop in ruins - The only source of revenue for the farmers now reduced to rubble.



Picture 3 – Famished Farmers - Hands that feed a nation are now dependent on local bodies for their food.



Picture 4 – How Mother nature orphaned the village – rare footage of the devastation



-Regards