Madikeri: The death toll in the huge landslide at Thora village in Virajpet taluk bordering Kerala has risen to six, with the discovery of the body of a 55-year old woman on Thursday. The deceased woman has been identified as Leela (55), wife of one Appu. Ten persons had gone missing after the massive landslides…
IISc. Scientists warn of further natural disasters Bengaluru: The disaster caused in Kodagu due to landslides, floods and cloudbursts will further aggravate if the Governments implement the proposed Railway and Highway projects in the district. The projects will spell doom for the ecologically fragile district, warns a new study by the Indian Institute of Science…
Bengaluru: Soon after inducting Ministers into his Cabinet yesterday, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has given his colleagues a tough assignment. Yediyurappa, who conducted a Cabinet meeting after the swearing-in ceremony, assigned the jobs to his Ministers to monitor the flood situation and relief works. Each Minister, who has been assigned a district, is instructed to…
Madikeri: In the wake of deep cracks surfacing on Brahmagiri Hill at Bhagamandala, a place of mythological importance and birth-place of River Cauvery in Kodagu, officials from Geological Survey of India (GSI) have recommended certain remedial measures to be taken immediately. Following this, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy has ordered the Forest Department to…
Madikeri: A day after inspecting cracks developed at Ayyappa Swamy Hill in Virajpet, a two-member GSI (Geological Survey of India) team visited Brahmagiri Hill range in Talacauvery on Sunday, following reports that huge cracks had developed at several locations in the Hill range. The GSI team comprising Sunandan Basu and Kapil Sharma inspected Brahmagiri Hill…
Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy has said that permission has been given for light vehicular movement on the landslide-hit Perumbadi-Makutta Road till Sept.30. The Public Works Department (PWD) has carried out temporary works to facilitate the movement of vehicles. The vehicles should move at a speed not exceeding 40 km an hour,…
Madikeri: The death toll in the landslides in Kodagu district has risen to eleven with the discovery of the body of a 60-year-old man at Thora village along Kerala border in Virajpet taluk in the district on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Shankar, a member of the family of one Harish of the…
Gonikoppa: An elephant has been electrocuted at an arecanut plantation in Kutta-Badaga village in Virajpet taluk on Saturday night. The plantation belongs to Mukkatira Deepu and the carcass of the male elephant was found on Sunday. The elephant, aged about 55 years and well built with long tusks, may have entered the plantation in search…
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…
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