A Karnataka survival story: Couple stayed on roof, tree for three days
(WorldNews India)

The story of a couple - a differently-abled man and his frail wife - who were stuck for three days amid pouring rain on the roof of a small house and then on a mango tree in Kabalapura village 15 km from Belagavi, has been one of the most poignant to emerge from the floods that hit north Karnataka last week. Advertising When an NDRF team finally managed to get across the swollen Bellary Nala, which barely existed before the floods, to rescue Ratnabai Givedi (35) and her husband Kadappa B G (38), there were loud cheers from people who had gathered across the stream. With TV cameras capturing every move made in daylight by Ratnabai and Kadappa - farm labourers and tenants on a five-acre mango...