High 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…
H.D. Kote: With the Kabini Dam in the taluk, which has inadvertently earned the name of being the first major dam to get filled up generally in the State with the onset of Monsoon, yet to fill up even after one month of monsoon season, farmers of the region are a worried lot. The Dam…
The rare photographs of a White-Throated Kingfisher with a Snake Kill and Spotted Deer feeding two fawns were captured by city lensman G.S. Ravishankar on the outskirts of Mysuru and Kabini Forest recently. The Kingfisher usually preys on fish and insects. But this bird in the photo has preyed on a snake which is considered…
Madikeri: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy offered prayers to Goddess Cauvery at her birthplace in Talacauvery, Kodagu district this morning. It was his first visit to the holy place after becoming the CM. The last he performed puja at this place was 19 years ago in 1999. Accompanied by his wife Anitha Kumaraswamy, who wore a…
Madikeri: Heavy to very heavy rain, accompanied by thundershowers, is continuing to lash Kodagu district and in the last 24 hours, the tiny district has received 102.68 mm rainfall. Except for one casualty where a worker from Kerala was killed in a landslide, no other deaths have been reported though the normal life is thrown…
Mysuru: Demanding release of water in all canals of KRS, Kabini and Harangi reservoirs and to fill up large water bodies through lift irrigation projects, over 100 farmers, under the banner of KRRS and Hasiru Sene, staged a demonstration in front of Cauvery CADA office on Sayyaj Rao Road here this morning. Lashing out at…
Bengaluru: Even as there are widespread protests by the farming community demanding the State Government to release Cauvery water to their canals for them to take up agricultural activities, the Government has indicated that it will not be releasing water to the fields in the basin areas. Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil said yesterday that…
Bengaluru: A high-level meeting to decide on Cauvery water release to canals will be held in Bengaluru in one or two days. According to sources in the Government, as farmers across the Cauvery Basin in Karnataka are protesting demanding water to the canals so that they can start agriculture activities, the Government will decide on…
Nanjangud: Over 400 farmers staged a rasta roko this morning on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway at Basavapura blocking the vehicular movement towards Mysuru and Tamil Nadu. The protestors, who arrived at around 11 am, staged a dharna and shouted slogans against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Irrigation Department officials accusing them of releasing Kabini water to Tamil Nadu. The…
Mysuru: Continuous heavy rains in Kodagu district has led to the sudden rise of water levels at Krishna Raja Sagar, Harangi and Kabini dams. Many places in Kodagu district have been inundated as a result of five days of heavy rains. Today morning, however, the rains have given a break in Kodagu. Though it is…
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