Scorching heat, low storage levels at Dams heighten concerns; Officials ready with contingency plans Mysore/Mysuru: With Mysuru urban and rural areas staring at a possible drinking water crisis, officials from the District Administration and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are actively formulating strategies to address the situation. Notwithstanding the depleting levels at Krishna Raja Sagar…
MCC to tap private borewells to tide over summer water crisis
February 27, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the water levels in KRS and Kabini Reservoirs steadily diminishing due to the failure of rains in catchment areas, Mysuru city and district are on the brink of a severe drinking water crisis as the summer season looms just a couple of weeks away. In response to this pressing situation, the District Administration…
Storage in Cauvery Basin dams dips below half gross capacity
November 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Water levels in the four major reservoirs of the Cauvery basin — Harangi, Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Kabini and Hemavathi — have fallen to less than half of their total gross capacity. This downturn serves as a stark indicator of an impending crisis in the months and weeks to come. The available water supply…
Sonia, Rahul stay at Resort in Kabini, go on Safari
October 6, 2022Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who made a brief stopover at Windflower Resorts and Spa at the foot of Chamundi Hill on her arrival at Mysore Airport in a special flight from New Delhi on Monday, to join Bharat Jodo Yatra with her son Rahul Gandhi, stayed at Orange County Resort in H.D. Kote. Due to…
‘Junior Bhogeshwara’ makes its presence felt at Kabini
June 13, 2022H.D. Kote: While wildlife lovers and those who frequent Kabini and Nagarahole will miss tusker Bhogeshwara who was the longest-tusked elephant in Asia, here is some good news to cheer. A ‘Junior Bhogeshwara’ has been sighted in Kabini and is set to take over the pride of place occupied by Bhogeshwara who passed away two…
Kabini flood victims in the lurch
August 1, 2021Government advertisement claims rehabilitation of families Mysore/Mysuru: Inclusion of a village in the list of rehabilitation in advertisement released in newspapers on second anniversary of the BJP Government in State has surprised several families which are living in penury without relief or rehabilitation since last one year. In a press conference held at Pathrakartara Bhavan…
Parched South-West Mysuru needs Kabini water: NAREDCO
July 27, 2021Real Estate body urges MUDA to increase Bidaragodu project capacity to 180 MLD Mysore/Mysuru: There is an urgent need to implement the upgraded plan to supply uninterrupted water to South-Western parts of Mysuru city by drawing more water from River Kabini. The project is estimated to be over Rs. 90 crore and the Mysuru Urban…
Cauvery, Kabini among Polluted Rivers
March 30, 2021Mysuru: Jal Shakthi Ministry has told the Parliament that 17 river stretches in Karnataka including River Cauvery, Kabini and Lakshmanatheertha that flow in Mysuru district are polluted due to relentless discharge of sewage, industrial waste and other effluents. The industries are located in the catchment areas of the Rivers. The polluting rivers are identified in…
Lucky Escape…
March 26, 2021A wild boar escaped from being caught and devoured by a tigress at Kabini Forest on March 23 evening. Software Engineer R. Rakshit Kumar, a resident of Metagalli in city, who had been to the forest, was lucky to encounter the hunt and click the same on his camera. The tigress, which countered the boar…
Actress Juhi Chawla, family visit Kabini
February 20, 2021Mother-son plant sapling at resort Mysore/Mysuru: Actor and former Miss India Juhi Chawla and her family has toured Kabini and Nagarahole regions of Mysuru and has returned to Mumbai. An avid traveller, the actor and her family members usually go abroad — London and Uganda — where they have their homes and this time they…
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