Kushalnagar: A wild elephant which strayed into a village near Siddapura in Kodagu District and fell into an elephant trench was rescued by the Forest Department staff yesterday morning. The elephant was stuck for four hours before a trench-like passage was dug to get it out and save it from the deep pit and to…
Cyclone Tauktae effect in Kodagu: Water flows above danger mark in many bridges
May 17, 2021Bethri Bridge just 1-ft above water; main part of Mapillethodu Bridge caves in Madikeri: Intermittent rains have been lashing Kodagu District since the last three days owing to cyclone Tauktae. While it rained heavily on Saturday showing signs of continued spell for the next three to four days, the intensity petered out last evening and…
Critical equipment, free food donated to COVD facility in Kodagu
May 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The 30-bed dedicated free COVID healthcare centre established by Lopamudra Medical Centre (LMC) and Karuna Trust at Gonikoppal in South Kodagu has been receiving donations in kind from donors and philanthropists. Mysuru-based Skanray Technologies has donated critical high-tech equipment to treat virus-infected patients at all the 30 beds of the hospital. Managing Director of…
Free COVID Healthcare Centre opens at Gonikoppal
May 16, 2021Lopamudra Medical Centre, Karuna Trust, donors and volunteers make the much-needed facility a reality Mysore/Mysuru: A 30-bed dedicated COVID Healthcare Centre has begun functioning at Lopamudra Medical Centre (LMC) at Gonikoppal in South Kodagu. COVID patients will be treated here free of cost. This Hospital will prove a boon to patients in South Kodagu who…
Rainy days ahead as Cyclone Tauktae intensifies
May 15, 2021Red alert in Kodagu for tomorrow NDRF team ready to rescue trapped people Madikeri/Mysuru: With the deep depression developed over the Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea intensifying into cyclonic storm Tauktae, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 36 to 48 hours in South Karnataka including the…
Six medicos in soup for violating lockdown
May 13, 2021Asked to work at Madikeri District Hospital for one week as punishment Kushalnagar: Six students of Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) have landed in trouble for violating COVID-induced lockdown by roaming around on a pleasure trip and entering a village near Kaloor, a landslide-prone area. As a punishment, they have been put to duty…
Shops open only on Monday and Friday in Kodagu
May 11, 2021Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Charulatha Somal has clarified that people of the district will be allowed to shop for essential commodities only twice a week (Monday and Friday) as per Government guidelines. Pointing out that though the Government while announcing a 14-day Statewide COVID induced lockdown from May 10 to 24 in order to control…
Hand-stamping of all visitors resumes in Kodagu
May 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Like in the first wave of COVID-19, the Kodagu District Administration has resumed stamping the hands of all those who are entering the district from various check-posts with indelible ink. This comes in the wake of Kodagu — that lacks even medium-scale medical infrastructure — witnessing on an average of more than 600 COVID-positive…
Take measures to increase oxygen bed capacity in Kodagu District
May 8, 2021Minister Somanna inspects Virajpet Govt. Hospital Madikeri: Kodagu District in-Charge Minister V. Somanna said that all measures will be taken for increasing oxygen bed capacity in the district in the wake of rising COVID cases. He was presiding over a review meeting on COVID Control and treatment measures at the ZP Hall here on Thursday….
Kodagu comes to a grinding halt on first day of lockdown
May 5, 2021Madikeri: On the first day of the weekly five day complete lockdown, the hilly district of Kodagu came to a grinding halt after 12 noon on Tuesday as all shops and establishments were shut. Due to sudden spike in COVID -19 cases in the district, the Kodagu district administration had ordered total lockdown in the…















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