Two young men straddled the bicycles captured in the waters of the Kushavathi river which were circling near Brahmanarahalli Village Chintamani Taluk, District Chikkaballapur, was saved with the help of Earthmover on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m.
when Varun, 26, from Raguttahalli and Painter Pavan, 30, from the village of Settykere tried to cross the bridge across the Kushavathi River which was in the Spate.
The water level continues to rise and subdue the bridge.
Strong currents drag bikes and young men, who fall into the river.
The villagers from Settyfere saw young people and hurried to save them.
They threw a rope on them.
The young men cling to the rope as Earthmover is pressed into the service.
The JCB engine first lifted a bicycle stuck under the bridge and then the youth used the rope they had climbed.
On Friday, Gangadhar, 43, a member of the GP Kammagutahalli in Chikkaballapur, was washed away when he tried to cross the road.
He traveled from Rampatna to his village in his bicycle when the incident happened.
The body was found two days later.
Many tanks in the regency overflowed and the road that drowned in water was a common view in several places.
Tank Amani Byra Sagara in Gudibanda, one of the largest tanks in this district, has overflowed over the past week and the nearest roads of the flood.
Karnataka: Earthmover attracted 2 young men from the river in the Chikkaballapur district
