Madikeri: A farmer who was living an uncluttered life since the past 40 years growing coffee, pepper in his two acres of land, today is without a home or land and is taking shelter empty handed, in the city’s Lakshminarismha Kalyan Mantap Relief Centre. The helpless victim is Shivaram who had worked hard all his…
Suttur Seer visits flood-hit village in Kodagu
August 22, 2018Kushalnagar: Even as there is a let up in rains across Kodagu district and relief-cum-rescue operations going on at a brisk pace, Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji visited Megathalu village near Mukkodlu in Somwarpet taluk this morning, where over a dozen families from Veerashaiva-Lingayat community had lost homes and properties due to floods…
Mysore Citizens’ Forum visits flood-hit North Kodagu
August 22, 2018Mysuru: The citizens of Mysuru have always extended their support to victims of natural calamities. The Mysore Citizens’ Forum (MCF), which was formed to provide relief to the victims of Tsunami in 2004, visited the flood-hit North Kodagu this morning. MCF is an informal umbrella agency involving prominent citizens of Mysuru, philanthropists, donors and voluntary…
4,000 reported missing in Kodagu
August 21, 2018Madikeri: Over 4,000 people are reportedly missing from Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks of Kodagu district following the catastrophic floods that hit the district. The number of missing persons is more in Madikeri Taluk where over 13 villages have been wiped away from the district map. The Kodagu District Administration has conveyed to the State Government…
Heart-rending stories of people who escaped from Kodagu floods
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The rains that have battered Kodagu, called the Kashmir of the South, since the last few days has changed the very landscape of the district. The people who had built a comfortable life in the lap of nature are today washed away in the floods. They have moved away from their houses due to…
Kodagu Rain Damage at Rs. 2,000-3,000 crore
August 21, 2018Bengaluru: Initial estimates peg rain-related damage caused to infrastructure in Kodagu district at Rs. 2,000-3,000 crore, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said in Bengaluru yesterday. “We are reaching out to the Himachal Pradesh government, seeking technical help while rehabilitating families. The situation in Kodagu is under control. According to preliminary assessment, the infrastructure loss in Kodagu is…
Food, blankets not reaching remote relief camps
August 21, 2018Madikeri: Over 4,000 people are housed in various relief camps at Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks and relief supplies are not reaching the camps at remote areas. The focus is on Madikeri and Suntikoppa towns where there is a heavy concentration of the relief materials that have been despatched from various parts of the State including…
CFTRI plans to supply 50,000 meals to Kodagu, Kerala
August 21, 2018Mysuru: The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) has plans to distribute 50,000 meals in the flood-hit regions of Kodagu and Kerala over the next three to four days. After supplying 50,000 meals, CFTRI will review its operations in terms of supply and product mix, a statement from the Institute said. CFTRI had also done…
‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’
August 21, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka Chief Minister’s Office has launched an online money transfer option for those who wish to make monetary contributions towards relief and rehabilitation works in rain-ravaged Kodagu. The online option, ‘Help Kodagu, Make a Donation Today’, was created under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund-Natural Calamity 2018. Funds can be transferred to: State Bank…
30 per cent of disaster in Kodagu is man-made: M.C. Nanaiah
August 21, 2018Madikeri: The indiscriminate development by bulldozing hills and converting farm lands for commercial activities by building resorts and home stays is the main reason for the present ecological imbalance and the disaster in Kodagu, said former Minister M.C. Nanaiah. Addressing a press meet, he also regretted that Kodagu which had given many soldiers to the…
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