Akola landslides: 7 bodies recovered, 4 missing; CM Siddaramaiah says will write to Centre on sub-standard highway

CM Siddaramaiah, in Ankola, announced writing to Union minister Nitin Gadkari about substandard work on the Ankola National Highway in Uttara Kannada, causing landslides that killed seven on July 16, with four unrecovered bodies. Families received Rs 5 lakh. Water released from brim-level KRS and Almatti dams after flood warnings.