bengaluru more than 3500 people have been rescued till sunday in kodagu district of karanataka where six people have lost their lives in floods and landslides following heavy rains in the past several dayspresident ram nath kovind and prime minister narendra modi spoke over phone to chief minister h d kumaraswamy who is camping in the rainbattered district over phone and enquired about the situationmodi assured to extend all required assistance to the state to face the situation the chief ministers office saidextended all possible support in the rescue and relief operations i pray for the safety and wellbeing of those in the flood affected areas the pm tweetedkumaraswamy informed kovind that the district administration was managing the rescueandrelief work efficiently along with the army national disaster response force ndrf and other agencies and have rescued more than 3500 people so far the cmo said in a statementas many as 317 people including a twomonthold infant were rescued and shifted to relief centres since saturday and rescue operations were on in and around makkandooru and other affected areas today they saidfood and basic amenities have been arranged at all the 31 relief sheltersnearly 1000 personnel from the armed forces national and state disaster response forces civil defence teams fire and emergency personnel have been pressed into the rescue work since august 15local youths and volunteers of various organisations are also assisting in the operationskumaraswamy undertook aerial survey of affected areas for the second day todayhe also assessed the situation in a few other areas of the district by visiting themspeaking to reporters the chief minister said the government was taking steps so that relief especially food reached every one even in the remotest placesdescribing the situation as a difficult time he said the governments intention is to bring people out of fear and anxiety that they are going through by rescuing them firstlater speaking to people at a relief camp at suntikoppa kumaraswamy said his government would take all steps for rehabilitation of the people of kodaguhe held a meeting with the district administration and senior officials and reviewed the rescue and relief workkarnataka bjp unit president b s yeddyurappa also visited kodagu district and assured to get required assistance from the partyled central governmentbjp legislators from bengaluru and partys bruhat bengaluru mahanagara palike city civic body corporators have pledged their two month salary to the chief ministers relief fund for the relief workseveral good samaritans organisations and kodava communities from various parts of the state especially from bengaluru are collecting relief materials like food drinking water medicines and other things to be dispatched to the floodhit areas in the kodagu districtthere were also reports about flooding and landslides in a few districts of coastal and malnad region especially in chikkamagaluru district affecting road connectivityseveral districts of coastal and malnad regions like dakshina kannada udupi chikkmagaluru kodagu parts of hassan and uttara kannada have been battered by incessant rains in the last few days pti ksu vs vswatch karnataka rains