Whenever heavy rain is accompanied by high-speed wind, Hakki Pikki run helter-skelter looking for a safer place. Most of them stay in plastic tents, which are blown away by strong wind.
In case of heavy rain and wind, they grab the most essential items from their tents, and run towards a safer place with their children.
Something like this happened on May 23 to Hakki Pikki people living in tents on private land at Srirampura near Shivamogga. Of the 70 tents, more than 10 were blown away by the wind. Even as they were struggling to come to terms with the sudden blow, rain started.
