Kushalnagar: Two young lovers have committed suicide by jumping into Harangi Dam backwaters in Kodagu yesterday. The deceased are Sachin (24) of Kothegala and Sindhu (19) of Yamagumbha village in the taluk. The marriage of Sindhu was to take place with another person on Sunday. Details: Sachin and Sindhu, who were studying in the same…
Harangi Desilting to begin in December
November 29, 2019After Harangi, proposal will be sent to Govt. to desilt KRS Kushalnagar: Desilting work at Harangi Dam backwaters in Kodagu will begin in December and the works will be initiated after the completion of by-elections. The State Government has sanctioned Rs. 130 crore for the project. Over one tmcft (one thousand million cubic feet) of…
Student drowns in ditch near Harangi Dam
November 19, 2019Kushalnagar: A college student, who had come on an excursion, drowned after he accidentally fell into a big ditch caused by the water being let out from Harangi Dam. The deceased student is Puneeth (17), a first year PU student at Srisai Gurukula at Honnalli in Davanagere district. He was among 90 students, who had…
Floodgates Open: 90,000 cusecs being released from Kabini; 30,000 cusecs from Harangi
August 8, 2019High alert in Harangi, Kabini downstream; tourists advised not to venture near rivers Mysuru: A high alert has been sounded along the downstream of Harangi and Kabini dams in areas such as Periyapatna, K.R. Nagar, Nanjangud and Suttur as thousands of cusecs of water is being released from Harangi and Kabini Reservoirs. Heavy rains in…
Water released to Harangi canals
July 26, 2019Mysuru: As per the decision taken at the Irrigation Consultative Committee (ICC) meeting, water will be released to all Harangi left bank and right bank canals till Aug.1. The Superintending Engineer (SE), Harangi Dam Circle, in a press release has appealed the people to use canal water only for drinking purposes and filling up water…
Echo of delayed monsoon: Harangi Dam touches dead storage level
June 23, 2019Krishna Raja Sagar Dam inching towards dead storage level of 74.76 feet Mysore: Mysuru is staring at imminent drinking water crisis as the Harangi Reservoir in Kodagu, the main source of water to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya that supplies water to Mysuru and surrounding areas, has reached the dead storage level….
Rs. 130 crore to remove silt from Harangi Dam
May 15, 2019Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited prepares DPR to remove 1 tmcft silt accumulated over the years Mysore: Over one tmcft (one thousand million cubic feet) of silt has accumulated at Harangi Dam in Kodagu, the main Cauvery water supply reservoir from the catchment areas to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya, the lifeline of South…
Silt Deposit Study begins at Harangi Dam
February 15, 2019Govt. allocates Rs. 75 crore for silt removal Geo Marine Solutions conducts survey Kushalnagar: Water level at Harangi Reservoir in Kodagu from where Cauvery water flows to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya is precariously low and is depleting by the day, causing concern. Realising the gravity of the situation, the State Government has…
Harangi Dam holds back silt, not water
January 9, 2019Engineering team studying silt deposit and examining if rivers have changed course Kushalnagar: Water level at Harangi Dam in Kodagu is slowly depleting. From its maximum capacity of 8.5 tmcft, the Dam level presently stands at 0.3 tmcft. While the current inflow (recorded this morning) to the dam is 103 cusecs, the outflow stands at…
Harangi water level depletes: Kushalnagar residents worried
November 27, 2018Kushalnagar: Water level at Harangi Dam in Kodagu is slowly depleting. From its maximum capacity of 8.5 tmcft (thousand million cubic feet), the Dam level presently stands at 3.3 tmcft. The alarming depletion of water in Harangi has caused concern among residents of Kushalnagar, Koodige and surrounding areas who fear that they will face severe…















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