A young farmer died after being bitten by a snake at his farm in this Karnataka district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Abhilash, a resident of Devaraguddenahalli village near Holenarasipura in Hassan district.
According to police, the incident took place late on Sunday night when Abhilash had gone to his farm to water the crop. Though he was rushed to Holenarasipura Hospital, he succumbed to the snake bite.
Abhilash was into horticulture and cattle farming. The jurisdictional Hale Halli police have registered a case in this regard.
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Meanwhile, In the past fortnight of july, 25 persons have died due to snake bites in Uttar Pradesh, according to data from the relief commissioner’s office. Snake sightings in six different localities in Lucknow prompted residents to call the snake rescue helpline on Thursday.
Snake bites take place in the monsoon season as with waterlogging and rain, the reptiles lose their natural habitats.
Ever since the onset of the monsoon season, snake bite incidents have been reported from Pilibhit, Balrampur, Kanpur Dehat, Etah, Sonbhadra, Deoria, Mainpuri, Lakhimpur Kheri, Jhansi, and Siddharth Nagar where a snake charmer was bitten, among others.
As for Lucknow, on Thursday, calls for snake rescues were made from Ahmamau, near the Amity College and HCL campuses, Takrohi, Chinhat, and Vrindavan Yojana.
According to relief commissioner Naveen Kumar’s office, from June 27 till date, there have been 25 deaths from snake bites in the state — which makes it 25 deaths in less than 20 days.
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