Bengaluru: 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…
Thank You, but stop sending relief materials: DC
August 20, 2018Mysuru: Even as relief materials continued to pour into the donation collection centre set up in Town Hall, on the fourth day, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who visited the spot this morning, ordered to stop receiving any more relief items. Speaking to Star of Mysore, he said that there is enough stock for more…
Tourist ban in Kodagu till Aug. 31
August 20, 2018Madikeri: With Kodagu reeling under rain havoc, and rescue-cum-relief operations going on in full swing, the Deputy Commissioner has banned entry and stay of tourists in Kodagu till Aug. 31. In a circular issued on Sunday, DC P.I. Sreevidya has prohibited tourists from staying in hotels, resorts, home stays, guest houses and other private lodges…
Relief Camps request not to send irrelevant materials
August 20, 2018Madikeri: Residents, voluntary groups and various organisations in Mysuru and surrounding places have been showing solidarity with the people of Kodagu district by making generous donations of relief materials. Unfortunately, the overwhelming response and irrelevant items have led to hindrance in rescue work. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, some of the people managing…
‘It will take months for repair and reconstruction of roads in Kodagu’
August 20, 2018Madikeri: Stating that it will take months to repair and reconstruct damaged roads across Kodagu district, PWD Minister H.D. Revanna has said that it may need at least 30 days to re-open Madikeri-Mangaluru road for Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) traffic, while it may take more than six months for the road to be made ready…
Rescue operations gain momentum in flood-ravaged Kodagu
August 20, 2018Madikeri: Even as rescue and relief operations across the rain-ravaged Kodagu district have gained momentum, with a little let up in incessant rains since last evening, the Army, Navy, Air Force, NDRF teams and other personnel continued rescue operations at Mukkodlu, Devasthur, Galibeedu, Sampaje, Pushpagiri, Madenadu and other surrounding places, for the tenth day today….















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