Kushalnagar: Tashma Muthappa, an International-level Throwball player who was living in a flood relief camp along with her family has now been rehabilitated. She, along with her parents, will move to a rented accommodation in Madikeri on Monday. Also, Kodagu District Minister S.R. Mahesh has promised her a government job. It may be recalled that…
S. Sadashivaiah is new DD of Food Dept. in Kodagu
September 1, 2018Madikeri: S. Sadashivaiah has assumed charge yesterday as the new Deputy Director (DD), Department of Food and Civil Supplies of Kodagu district. Earlier he was holding the same position in Ramanagaram district. The previous incumbent Puttaswamy has been transferred to same position in Ramanagaram district.
FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES IN KODAGU: They tied the knot sailing through all hurdles
August 31, 2018Madikeri: After the wedding of Manjula, a flood victim from Kodagu who had taken shelter at a relief camp and who got married at Sri Omkareshwar Temple in Madikeri last Sunday, it was the turn of Kusuma to tie the knot with Dhananjay yesterday. Kusuma’s wedding was on the verge of being postponed as floods…
Seismograph Centre records two mild quakes in Kodagu
August 30, 2018Madikeri: The Seismograph Centre, established at Navodaya Vidyalaya at Galibeedu in Kodagu, has yesterday recorded two mild earthquakes in flood-hit areas. The mild quakes were recorded on Aug.27 and 28 at Galibeedu, Kaloor, Sampaje — all those places that have been severely affected by floods and landslides. The findings of the Seismograph have been recorded…
Admit flood-affected children to residential schools
August 29, 2018Lokayukta tells DDPI Madikeri: Lokayukta Justice P. Vishwanath Shetty has suggested to the Deputy Director of Department of Public Instruction (DDPI) to take keen interest to see that the flood-affected children of Kodagu are admitted compulsorily to residential schools. He was chairing a meeting of officials at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office and gathering information about…
Nature strikes terror in Kodagu
August 28, 2018District Administration lacks professional approach; Mysore Citizens Forum visits Relief Centres Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy On August 22, 2018, Wednesday, a dozen members representing Mysore Citizens Forum (Mysuru Nagarikara Vedike) headed by Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt went to Kodagu…
Government to build pre-fabricated houses to homeless in Kodagu
August 28, 2018Bengaluru: The State Government will build pre-fabricated houses in over 42 acres of land to rehabilitate around 750 families who are rendered homeless due to floods and landslides in Kodagu district. The government would evolve a separate policy for regulating residential structures in hilly terrain in the district. Minister for Housing and Urban Development U.T….
Kodagu district administration bans Disaster Tourism
August 27, 2018Madikeri: With a large number of people visiting flood and landslip-hit areas in Kodagu district following the recent natural calamity, the district administration has ordered a crackdown on ‘Disaster Tourism.’ Earlier this month, following landslides and floods caused by incessant rains, the district administration had imposed a ban on tourist entry to Kodagu, while also…
Relief and rehabilitation in Kodagu: Those returning homes face challenge of cleaning
August 27, 2018Madikeri: Batches of people are slowly leaving relief centres in Kodagu to face massive destruction that was brought by catastrophic flooding and landslides. Tales of distress and despair also continued to pour in from different parts as many found their homes filled with huge mounds of mud, slush and dirt left by the receding flood…
Kodagu rehabilitation work: Relief Commissioner releases updated report
August 27, 2018Mysuru: The newly appointed Relief Commissioner Gangaram Baderiya, who is also the Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, has released a report on rescue-relief operations and rehabilitation process in flood-affected Kodagu. The relief work is going on at full pace following considerable reduction in rainfall. The joint rescue teams are screening each and every house in landslide-affected…
Recent Comments