The rains have claimed 96 lives since the onset of south-west monsoon this year in June, besides resulting in destruction of crops on 5.8 lakh hectares of land, according to Revenue Minister R. Ashok.
The Minister told reporters in Bengaluru on Tuesday that 29,967 people in various districts of the State had been affected by the rains so far. Of them, 9,555 people had been relocated to safety, he said.
In addition to this, 1,471 bridges and 2,223 km of roads had been damaged due to heavy rains and the subsequent floods, the Minister said.
