Madikeri: The Kodagu District Administration has said that 35 workers in coffee estates and plantations have died of electrocution in the last four-and-a-half years. This has been attributed to the practice of using specially-fabricated metallic ladders, which tend to be up to 30 feet high, to reach tree tops for pruning. But there is an…
Madikeri: Tourists from Mysuru heading North Kodagu (Madikeri and Somwarpet) during weekends and holidays watch out as Home Stays and resorts will not be available till Aug.31. Reason: Notices are being issued by local administrations to Home Stay and resort owners not to admit tourists and take bookings as there is an imminent danger of…
Mysuru: Rain fury has started in Kodagu even before the entry of Southwest Monsoon. One woman was killed last midnight when a giant tree came crashing on her house when she was sleeping. The incident was reported from Tarikatte near Pollibetta in Virajpet Taluk which is witnessing heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by thunder…
By Dr. S.N. Bhagirath [Continued from yesterday] Many of the top officers were being short-listed by the British to be groomed into future Commanders of the Indian Army with Independence just round the corner. Among these were J.N. Choudary, N.N. Vandu, N.T. Naqvi and K.M. Cariappa. These chosen few were sent to ‘Imperial Defence College…
NDRF teams to reach New Mangalore Port today for quick deployment in case of emergency in Kodagu Madikeri: Panic gripped parts of Kodagu district as residents in different villages said they experienced tremor on Thursday night. Nellihudikeri, Nalvathekare and surrounding villages, which witnessed heavy rain, experienced tremors. Residents said utensils, doors and windows shook for…
Rehabilitation work still under progress Madikeri: With the Southwest Monsoon expected to set in around June 2 in Kerala, fear and dread had gripped the people of Kodagu this year too. Residents of the district which was ravaged by landslips and floods last year — are bracing for the rain with caution even as…
Madikeri: A result-oriented action is needed to control the menace of wild elephants in Kodagu district. This was discussed at length at the Co-ordination Committee Meeting in which Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Madikeri Circle Santosh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy, Superintendent of Police Suman D. Pennekar, District Forest Officer Christu Raj and forest…
Siddapura: Concerned at the increasing instances of elephant-human conflict, the Forest Department, for the first time in Kodagu, has put radio collars on elephants to study their migration patterns. The Department has decided to put radio collars on selected elephants so that their migration patterns can be studied. An analysis of their movements will help…
Madikeri: A couple saved life from an angry elephant when the wild tusker attacked a car and tried to crush it on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park. This spine-chilling incident happened at Kutta in South Kodagu when a wild elephant suddenly came out from a coffee estate and charged at the car and tried…
By Prasad Sampigekatte Fear of inundation is giving sleepless nights to residents of Kaloor village in Kodagu that was devastated by floods last August. So much is the fear that villagers shudder even if they hear a small sound of thunder or see a lightning flashing in the sky. As the monsoon is fast approaching,…
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