Bengaluru: An official release has said the death toll has risen to 40 as several regions in coastal and central Karnataka face the worst calamity in almost half a century.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah conduced an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Belagavi district and Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa joined him in the exercise.
The world heritage site Hampi along the banks of Tungabhadra River has been inundated with flood water, after over 1.70 lakh cusecs of water was released from a reservoir.
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said the preliminary estimate of flood-related loss in the state was Rs 10,000 crore even as he urged the Centre to release Rs 3,000 crore as immediate aid.
As many as 3.14 lakh people have been evacuated and of them 2.18 lakh people are staying in 924 relief camps.
In the wake of series of landslides, the national highway connecting Bengaluru and Mangaluru will remain closed at least till Monday, official sources said.