MCC Pourakarmikas seen at work in one of the Relief Centres in Kodagu this morning. Mysuru: Even as Kodagu continues to reel under the havoc caused by rain fury, over 80 Pourakarmikas (civic workers) from the city left for Kodagu yesterday to be part of rescue and relief operations going on there. MCC Commissioner K.H….
Bengaluru: Three hundred Pourakarmikas of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have left for Kodagu to render help in relief works. BBMP Additional Commissioner D. Randeep, speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, said that the first batch of 150 Pourakarmikas left Bengaluru last evening and stayed overnight at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in Mysuru and left…
Madikeri: Over 9,000 displaced and homeless people have been sheltered at more than 600 Ganji Kendras (Gruel Centres) established at various parts of Kodagu district, especially in Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks that have witnessed the worst floods in the district so far. The Ganji Kendras have been established in towns, village and hobli-levels and local…
Madikeri: Even as rescue and relief operations gained momentum in Kodagu district on Saturday, Chief Minister (CM) H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) conducted an aerial survey of Kodagu district and took stock of the situation. The CM flew in an IAF helicopter from HAL Airport in Bengaluru for the aerial survey of flood-ravaged Kodagu district and landed…
Madikeri: Even as the entire Kodagu district continues to reel under natural calamities caused by rain fury, the Army has stepped up the rescue and relief operations in the district. The Army, along with National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Police personnel continued the rescue operation on Saturday, evacuating several residents stranded in high altitude…
Madikeri: Massive relief and rescue operations are on in Kodagu that has been ravaged by floods, landslides, house collapse and by the rivers flowing in full spate. Many villages, especially in Madikeri taluk, have been erased from the map and on ground they now look like mounds of mud and debris. Truckloads of relief materials…
Mysuru: Even as Kodagu continues to be battered by heavy rains, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has swung into action by collecting relief material at the Town Hall for the victims in rain devastated Kodagu. The MCC on Friday constituted a team of officials to oversee the initiatives. MCC Health Officer Dr. Nagaraj said that,…
KSRTC bus driver seeks fund for victims through a poem Kerala students of UoM launch fund collection campaign Mysuru: With torrential rains devastating Kodagu and Kerala, cries seeking assistance and relief have reached a peak especially by the marooned victims who are deprived of basic daily requirements for survival. A KSRTC bus driver from Kodagu…
Mysuru: The neighbouring Kodagu District is reeling under an unprecedented crisis following heavy rains and landslides, rendering thousands of people homeless. Meanwhile, the people of Mysuru, seeing the calamity affecting the coffee bowl of the state, have risen to the occasion and have come in large numbers to donate whatever they are capable of at…
Madikeri: The injured wild elephant at Aanekaadu Elephant Camp near Kushalnagar is dead. It died this morning due to severe infection on its right forelimb. It may be recalled here that Star of Mysore had published a report on the injured elephant on Aug.11 under the title “Tusker in trouble: Forest officials in Kodagu grapple…
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