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Rescue teams scramble to help abandoned animals in Kodagu
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Rescue teams scramble to help abandoned animals in Kodagu

August 23, 2018

Mysuru: As rescue operations continue in flood-and-landslide-hit Kodagu, several stories of selfless support and humanity have come to light. Among them is this story of how volunteers are rescuing pet animals and livestock from remote and inaccessible areas. Their main objective is to rescue the animals, mainly pets and livestock that have been stranded amidst…

Lighter mood at flood relief centres…: Dance in the time of distress
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Lighter mood at flood relief centres…: Dance in the time of distress

August 23, 2018

Kushalnagar/ Suntikoppa:  If actor and story-teller Manu Jose from Kerala is entertaining children housed at a relief camp in flood-ravaged Changanaserry in Kerala with his dance moves and gripping story-telling, children who are sheltered at various relief camps in flood-hit Kodagu district are being entertained through music, dance and games by volunteers. Many volunteers and…

UoM research team had cautioned about landslides in Kodagu
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UoM research team had cautioned about landslides in Kodagu

August 23, 2018

Mysuru:  A research work carried out by the University of Mysore (UoM) as part of a Ph.D. programme two years ago had cautioned the authorities about the tragedy waiting to happen in the form of massive landslides and flooding in Kodagu district. The research study that was conducted between 2013 and 2016 had highlighted how…

Schools and Colleges re-open in Kodagu
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Schools and Colleges re-open in Kodagu

August 23, 2018

Madikeri:  Schools and Colleges which were shut across the district for over a week on account of heavy rains and landslides, re-opened this morning, even as rescue and relief operations are going on in full swing, with rains giving a break. Barring 61 schools located in flood ravaged areas, most of them in Madikeri taluk,…

Three more bodies found under rubble in Kodagu
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Three more bodies found under rubble in Kodagu

August 23, 2018

Madikeri: Three bodies were recovered in flood-hit Kodagu yesterday, making it nine confirmed deaths ever since heavy rainfall and landslides wreaked havoc in the district over the past two weeks. Rescue personnel found two bodies in Yemmethaalu and one in Katakeri, according to Kodagu District Administration. While two of the bodies were identified as Leelavathi…

Fraud after flood
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Fraud after flood

August 22, 2018

Kushalnagar: Shocking, but true. Truckloads of relief items that were meant to provide some succour to the flood victims sheltered in Kodagu have been diverted to private godowns by politicians and party workers to be used to woo voters in the forthcoming Kushalnagar and Somwarpet Town Panchayat elections. Following a series of complaints from the…

ISRO team to study landslides in Kodagu
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ISRO team to study landslides in Kodagu

August 22, 2018

Madikeri: A team from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to reach Kodagu today to study the massive landslides that has ravaged the district. Landslides of such a magnitude have never occurred in Kodagu and it is for the first time that the district is reeling under widespread devastation. The ISRO team will study…

Man walks three days in forest to reach son-in-law’s house
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Man walks three days in forest to reach son-in-law’s house

August 22, 2018

Gonikoppal: An aged man Chandru, hailing from Hebbattageri, Mukodlu village, walked for three days in the forest in torrential rain and strong winds and finally managed to reach the main road from where he got a lift in a truck to his son-in-law’s house in Devarapura. Along with him, 40 other residents from neighbouring villages…

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