<span style="color: #222222;">In Karnataka, a 17 year old boy and his 15 year old sister died when a house collapsed at Bandlaguda in Dakshina Kannada District due to heavy rain in the Coastal belt of the state today.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Three houses have collapsed and the bodies caught under the debris were removed. The government has announced an ex-gratia of 5 lakh rupees each to the deceased.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Deputy Commissioner Rupesh Sindhu said  that while  most of the occupants of the three houses escaped unhurt as they rushed out as soon as the landslide occurred, the  two children were asleep and thus were trapped. She said that inmates of about 14 houses were moved to safer places.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The bodies were recovered from the debris after three hours rescue operation by the NDRF. District Incharge Minister Kote Srinivasa Poojari  visited the spot and said that all inmates in the houses on hills will be shifted.  Police Commissioner visited the spot and supervised the rescue operation with Fire Brigade and NDRF staff.</span><br />''