Madikeri: Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Fire and Emergency Services and the local people who are continuing rescue works, have rescued an elderly couple from the flood-hit and landslide place in Kodagu yesterday. The elderly couple identified as Palani and Shantha were trapped in labourers’ quarters at Kaandanakolli near Hemmatalu which was…
Threat of contagious diseases looms large at flood-hit areas Madikeri: With people of Kodagu yet to recover from the shock of floods and landslides which has snuffed out many lives besides rendering thousands of people homeless, the Bhoomi Monitoring Cell, Bengaluru, has launched Kodagu Disaster Rescue page in its website www.parihara.karnataka.gov.in to help the victims…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as the affected people in flood-ravaged Kodagu and Kerala are being rehabilitated with great difficulty, we are already beginning to hear faint rumblings of a sordid blame game that is likely to assume monstrous proportions and take the centre stage very soon. We are also seeing reports in…
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…
Mysuru: Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation (KHDC) has also joined hands in doing its bit to the flood-affected victims of Kodagu, many of whom have nothing left except the clothes they were wearing. In order to provide clothes to the victims which is the most essential requirement after food, KHDC packed five tonnes of clothes yesterday…
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…
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…
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,…
Madikeri: “The people of this area have been shaken right from the month of June when it started raining, worried about coffee and pepper being washed away. The worst fears unfortunately came true in the second week of August and the question that is haunting was whether we would survive at all,” recalls Channapanda Monnappa…
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…
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