Madikeri: The torrential rains, floods and landslips last week have caused a loss of Rs. 579 crore. A number of houses, plantations, farm fields and many public and private properties have suffered extensive damage in this year’s calamitous rain. The Kodagu District Administration has done preliminary estimate of the loss based on the assessment conducted…
2020 may well be a repeat of 2018 and 2019 if urgent measures are not taken By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere (VSM) We need rain for drinking water and for survival. But there are also people who fear rain, especially heavy or continuous ones, like many who live in Kodagu and elsewhere in the…
Madikeri: Even as the rains have receded in Kodagu after over a week-long spell of deluge that caused floods and havoc in the district, the woes of flood victims taking shelter in relief camps set up by the district administration does not seem to end for now, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted…
This year’s inflow to Harangi Dam from Cauvery River higher than Harangi River Kushalnagar: A team from Geological Survey of India (GSI) will visit Kodagu in another two or three days to assess the damage caused by rain, flood and landslides. The team will determine the cause of landslides and will study the patterns. The…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway still under 5-ft of water; another life lost in Hunsur Mysore: Rainfall in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu seems of have receded but fury continues to haunt people in all these three districts. The death toll has increased over the past couple of days with rescue workers still continuing to shift people to secure…
Over 2,136 people are taking shelter in 25 relief camps across Kodagu District and the number of people being shifted to relief centres will see a dramatic increase as the rain is showing no signs of relenting. Life in Kodagu has been severely crippled with torrential downpour continuing to pound the district with more intensity….
Mysore/ Kushalnagar: The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has reached the 112 feet mark this morning and the Dam authorities have released 50,000 cusecs. Villagers living in downstream areas have been warned not to venture into the river as water will be in full force and sudden. A red alert has been issued. A team…
Kodagu administration seeks relief items; prepares list of 23 items that can be donated to collection centres Mysuru: Kodagu is facing the wrath of rain fury this year also as heavy showers continued to lash the district and there is no respite. Rivers Cauvery, Lakshmanatheertha, Keerepole and many rivulets have breached the danger level and…
Madikeri/Mysuru: Heavy rains and the resultant landslides have started taking its toll in Kodagu and Mysuru Districts. This morning, five people of two families died after an 80-feet hillock behind their house collapsed on their homes at Cherangala village in Kodagu. In Hanagodu near Hunsur of Mysuru district, 35-year-old Ganesh was killed last night when…
Kodagu to run out of fuel in two days; 13 roads cut off KRS water level touches 100 feet; maximum 124 feet Madikeri/ Mysore: Over 2,136 people are taking shelter in 25 relief camps across Kodagu District and the number of people being shifted to relief centres will see a dramatic increase as the rain…
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