Shopping Festival, Expo-cum-Sale of Handicrafts and Handlooms, Scouts and Guides Grounds, behind DC’s office, up to 9.30 pm.
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4,000 reported missing in Kodagu
August 21, 2018Madikeri: Over 4,000 people are reportedly missing from Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks of Kodagu district following the catastrophic floods that hit the district. The number of missing persons is more in Madikeri Taluk where over 13 villages have been wiped away from the district map. The Kodagu District Administration has conveyed to the State Government…
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Heart-rending stories of people who escaped from Kodagu floods
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The rains that have battered Kodagu, called the Kashmir of the South, since the last few days has changed the very landscape of the district. The people who had built a comfortable life in the lap of nature are today washed away in the floods. They have moved away from their houses due to…
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Kodagu Rain Damage at Rs. 2,000-3,000 crore
August 21, 2018Bengaluru: Initial estimates peg rain-related damage caused to infrastructure in Kodagu district at Rs. 2,000-3,000 crore, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said in Bengaluru yesterday. “We are reaching out to the Himachal Pradesh government, seeking technical help while rehabilitating families. The situation in Kodagu is under control. According to preliminary assessment, the infrastructure loss in Kodagu is…
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Food, blankets not reaching remote relief camps
August 21, 2018Madikeri: Over 4,000 people are housed in various relief camps at Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks and relief supplies are not reaching the camps at remote areas. The focus is on Madikeri and Suntikoppa towns where there is a heavy concentration of the relief materials that have been despatched from various parts of the State including…
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CFTRI plans to supply 50,000 meals to Kodagu, Kerala
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has plans to distribute 50,000 meals in the flood-hit regions of Kodagu and Kerala over the next three to four days. After supplying 50,000 meals, CFTRI will review its operations in terms of supply and product mix, a statement from the Institute said. CFTRI had also done…
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‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’
August 21, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office has launched an online money transfer option for those who wish to make monetary contributions towards relief and rehabilitation works in rain-ravaged Kodagu. The online option, ‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’, was created under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund-Natural Calamity 2018. Funds can be transferred to: State Bank…
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Millennium Circle in Bannimantap turns Sheep Fair for few days
August 21, 2018Mysuru: With just a day left for Bakrid festival and variety of sheep arriving from villages since a week, the very busy Millennium Circle (LIC Circle) in Bannimantap has literally turned into a Sheep Fair. As shepherds arrive in the afternoon with their livestock, brisk business is taking place from afternoon which goes on till…
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Flood Relief: DC clarifies
August 21, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has clarified that the collection of relief materials to the flood-affected regions of Kodagu has not been stopped. In a press release, the DC has said, “It has been reported in media that I have requested for stopping collection of relief materials. This is wrong.” “I have not…
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Mysuru Traffic Police hikes towing charges
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Traffic Police have increased the towing charges of vehicles that have been parked at ‘No Parking’ zones and wrong parking. As per the notification of the State government, the decision has been taken to stop people from parking vehicles in no parking zones and also to ensure free flow of traffic….
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