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Karnataka Rains: Due to the excessive rainfall in Karnataka this year, a mound of soil collapsed at a local house courtyard in Adyapadi, located at the outskirts of Mangaluru city, reported the news agency ANI.In a social media post on X, the news agency shared a video of the mound of soil which collapsed and entered the courtyard on Tuesday, 20 May 2025. This happened due to the excessive rainfall in the city of Mangaluru. This year’s rainfall has severely affected places like Mangaluru and Bengaluru in Karnataka, where people have been injured and have died due to heavy rainfall.Earlier on Monday, 19 May 2025, a 63-year-old man named Manmohan Kamath, a resident of Madhuvan Apartments near BTM 2nd Stage, was electrocuted while using an external motor pump to remove water from his home due to excessive rain, reported the news portal News18.“When he connected the pump to a socket, there was a short circuit, leading to his electrocution,” a police officer involved in the investigation told the news portal. Apart from Kamath, a 12-year-old boy named Dinesh, who was standing near Kamath, also got electrocuted by the motor pump being used to pump the rainwater out of the building.After both were taken to the nearest hospital, they were declared dead by the resident doctors, and Unnatural Death Reports have been filed against their names, reported the news portal.These were among a few cases that resulted from the excessive rains in the State of Karnataka this year. According to the news portal’s report, so far, three people have died in the pre-monsoon rains, including 35-year-old Sasikala, who also died after a compound wall dropped on her while she was sweeping the complex. Karnataka Deputy CM’s PromiseKarnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, said that State officials are on the scene and attending to the issuescaused by the excessive pre-monsoon rainfall. He assured people of the State not to worry in such a situation.“We got information about two deaths late last evening. We have sent out officials. I will also go. Instructions have been given to officials. All are on the field and are attending. There is no need for anyone to worry. Our priority is to save the lives and properties of people. We are committed to it,” said Shivakumar, as cited by the news agency PTI in its report.In the last 36 hours, the city of Bengaluru and other major spots in Karnataka have received heavy rainfall, which has thrown city life off gear. According to reports, people were also seen wading through knee-deep water and traffic jams on Tuesday.
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