Siddapur: Unable to secure a Government house even after four years after her own house was devastated in the floods of Kodagu, a 66-year-old woman has written to the President of India, making a desperate plea to the Government, demanding assistance either in the form of a new house or permission to end her life….
162 houses handed over to Kodagu flood victims
April 25, 2021Madikeri: After a long delay amidst losing hope and living in despair, 2018 flood victims of Kodagu district have finally got houses of their own, built by the State Government. The victims have either completely lost their houses due to floods and landslides or the destruction of houses was to such an extent of beyond…
Fleecing Kodagu flood victims: ACB traps Madikeri Town Municipality Bill Collector
June 6, 2020Madikeri: Make hay when the sun shines goes the proverb that means act while an opportunity exists or to take action while a situation is favourable. This Bill Collector from Madikeri Town Municipal Council saw an opportunity to make some money when the State Government decided to hand over the houses built for 2018 flood…
Newly built 463 houses handed over to flood victims of 2018 in Kodagu
June 5, 2020Madikeri: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R. Ashok has said that a Rs. 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for ‘Relief Centre’ in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape. According to an official release, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly-built houses to…
Govt. houses wait for a VVIP to be handed over to victims
May 14, 2020Madikeri/ Mysuru: The over 423 houses that were promised in the first phase of rehabilitation project that has been completed at Jamboor and Katakeri by Nirmithi Kendra are yet to be handed over to the 2018 flood victims. The houses have been fully completed and are awaiting the arrival of a VVIP to be handed…
Rehab on a slippery slope in Kodagu
April 25, 2019Out of the target 840 houses, only 133 have reached the completion stage Once construction is over, basic facilities like roads, power and water have to be provided Homeless families spend their days in rented houses staring at bleak future With rains to arrive in first week of June, victims sceptic of housing project completion…
Book on Kodagu flood victims released
December 14, 2018Mysuru: “The search for my daughter Manjula whose life was lost during the landslide and floods on Aug.17 at Jodupala where she was studying in my sister Gowramma’s house is still going on. I live in a tribal area and on that fateful day even after I came to know of the tragedy, I was…
City vegetable merchant helps Kodagu flood victims
November 30, 2018Mysuru: A vegetable merchant of city has helped eight families of Kalur village near Madikeri in Kodagu who were left devastated in the recent floods in Kodagu. The good Samaritan Umapathi Rao, a vegetable merchant at APMC was very hurt learning that several families in Kodagu were still not rehabilitated after devastation in recent floods…
Advocates lend helping hand towards Kodagu flood victims
September 14, 2018Madikeri: A team of advocates from Bengaluru Bar Association and Madikeri Advocates’ Association led by State First Grade Additional Advocate General Ajjikuttira S. Ponnanna visited the flood-ravaged Kodagu on Sept. 12 and assessed the damage caused by floods and landslides. The team comprised Bengaluru Bar Association President A.P. Ranganath, Secretary Gangadharaiah and Treasurer Shivamurthy. They…
Sites earmarked for rehabilitation of Kodagu flood victims
September 11, 2018Madikeri: With the rehabilitation works being taken up on a war-footing and the rains also giving a break for the past few days, the district administration has earmarked sites for the rehabilitation of flood victims in Kodagu district. Special Deputy Commissioner M.K. Jagadeesh said that five acres of land has been identified in Survey No….
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