Mysuru/Nanjangud: With flood water receding at the stretch near Mallanamoole Mutt following reduction in discharge from Kabini Dam, the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was re-opened for traffic at about 5 pm yesterday after a two-day blockade due to heavy water logging. As Kabini River, which flows along Mysuru-Nanjangud Road near Mallanamoole Mutt, was in spate…
Nanjangud flood victims refuse to move to new location
August 10, 2020Nanjangud: Even as the authorities are making efforts to move people in low-lying areas of Nanjangud town to safer locations in the wake of Kapila River floods, it has now come to light that 68 families living in Topina Beedi, Halladakeri, Rajaji Colony and Saraswathi Colony had refused to move to safer locations identified by…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway blockage continues for second day
August 9, 2020Nanjangud: With Kabini river in spate near Mallanamoole Mutt on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road and flood waters covering more than 1 km stretch of the road, the blockade of vehicular movement on the ever busy Highway continued for the second day today. On Saturday morning, the authorities had indefinitely closed the Highway for vehicular movement near Mallanamoole…
Elderly man ends life after jumping into river
August 9, 2020Nanjangud: A day after he was discharged from a private hospital in Mysuru, where he was admitted for some ailment, a 63-year-old elderly man reportedly ended his life by jumping into Kapila river in the town early this morning. Muddumada (63), a resident of Srirampura Colony in Nanjangud is the deceased. Muddumada, an agriculturist by…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway flooded: Cops divert vehicular traffic
August 8, 2020Mysuru/Nanjangud: The ever-busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was closed for vehicular movement from 9 am today after Kabini river overflowed near Mallanamoole Mutt coming between Thandavapura and South India Paper Mill of the Highway. Due to incessant rainfall in Wayanad and other catchment areas, the Kabini river has been flowing at near danger level. The river overflowed…
Nanjangud faces flood threat as Kapila River water-level rises
August 7, 2020Nanjangud: With the water level of Kapila river increasing steadily due to huge discharge from Kabini Dam, the temple town of Nanjangud is facing the threat of floods in the coming days. The Kapila river that flows through the town, is receiving 50,000 cusecs of water almost every day in the past few days and…
Flood Alert in Nanjangud
August 5, 202050,000 cusecs of water discharged from Kabini Dam Nanjangud: With the Kabini Dam authorities discharging 50,000 cusecs of water today, the Nanjangud Civic authorities have sounded flood warning in low-lying areas of the temple town and have asked the residents in these areas to move to safer locations along with their belongings and livestock. The…
One killed, three others injured in group clash at Nanjangud
August 2, 2020Nanjangud: One person was killed and three others sustained injuries in a clash between two groups over a trivial issue at Madralli village in Nanjangud taluk yesterday night. Mahadeva (43), of Madralli who worked as a labourer is the deceased, while the injured have been identified as Lingaiah, a waterman with the local Gram Panchayat,…
Youth dies on his birthday
July 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In what can be called as a quirk of fate, a 23-year-old youth from Nanjangud, who was suffering from infectious gangrene, died on his birthday on Thursday, reportedly due to COVID-19. The youth, a resident of Basavanagudi extension in Nanjangud town, was suffering from severe diabetes and was admitted to a Private Hospital in…
Rider killed as two-wheelers collide at N’gud
July 25, 2020Nanjangud: A bike rider was killed, while another rider suffered minor injuries when their two-wheelers collided against each other near Kalale village in Nanjangud taluk on Thursday. The deceased is Kiran Thomas (24), a native of Kerala, who was working at a factory in Thandavapura in the taluk. The injured is 70-year-old Srikanta Aradhya of…
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