Periyapatna: Deeply disappointed over the attitude of the Police the family of a man who has gone missing since six months, is living in constant fear and in search of a livelihood. Sukhlal aka Suresh lived with his wife Sunitha and four children at Ravandur village in the taluk. A person in the village entered…
Farmer ends life
December 15, 2018Periyapatna: A 52-year old farmer, unable to clear debts, ended his life by hanging self at his farm at Poonadahalli in Periyapatna taluk yesterday. P.V. Ramesh (52), son of Venkatappa of Poonadahalli is the deceased. Ramesh was said to be in deep debts, after borrowing loans from banks and private money lenders. Ramesh, who was…
Villagers allege re-commencement of illegal mining in farmers’ land
November 28, 2018Periyapatna: Villagers have alleged that illegal mining has re-started after it was stopped sometime back and have accused the authorities concerned of turning a blind eye towards it. Villagers Chandru, Manja, Ravi, Anand and others have complained that the villagers of Ragi Aaladamara, Hasuvinakavalu and surrounding places in the taluk were suffering because of illegal…
‘Replace damaged borewell pipes, ensure supply of drinking water’
November 9, 2018Periyapatna: Drinking water crisis has severely affected the Fire Station Department in the town as borewells which are the main source of water for the staff quarters as well for the fire extinguishers is damaged. There are 16 staff in the Department who are residing along with their families at 14 residential quarters in the…
Elephant menace: Periyapatna villagers living under threat
October 29, 2018Periyapatna: Accusing Forest Department Officials of failing to check wild elephant menace, villagers living in forest border areas in Periyapatna taluk have vented their ire against official apathy. Uthenahalli is one of the most affected villages with wild elephants repeatedly straying into agricultural lands along the forest borders, destroying crops such as ragi, paddy, banana…
CM launches Grameena Dasara at Periyapatna
October 17, 2018Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy seen showering flower petals on the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari to launch the Grameena Dasara at Periyapatna Kasaba Hobli this morning. Picture below shows womenfolk dancing to the beats of Dollu Kunitha artistes. Later, the CM left for Madikeri, Kodagu.
Crops destroyed by breached tank
September 30, 2018Periyapatna: In yet another calamity, crops grown in over 50 acres of land were destroyed, when an overflowing ground-level water tank bund breached in the taluk late on Tuesday night. Following heavy rains that lashed the taluk on Tuesday, Hunsekatte and Somanakatte water bodies at Benagalu village overflowed and breached, with water gusting into the…
School compound damaged by drainage works
September 30, 2018Periyapatna: In a bizarre incident, the compound wall of a Government School at Bylakuppe in the taluk collapsed when the soil loosened while constructing an underground drainage just adjacent to the compound. The compound wall of Bylakuppe Government High School was built in 2015-16 at a cost of Rs.7 lakh, with Rajya Sabha Member D….
Youth commits suicide
September 27, 2018Periyapatna: A 21-year-old, reportedly committed suicide by jumping into Lakshmanatheertha River last evening. The deceased is Krishna, son of Nanjundegowda and a resident of Tatanahalli in the taluk. Krishna, who left his house, arrived at Hunsur in a bus and called his home over his phone and informed them that he was jumping into the…
Residents protest supply of contaminated water
September 18, 2018Periyapatna: Accusing the Town Municipal Council (TMC) officials of apathy in supplying pure drinking water, residents of Mahadeshwara Ashraya Layout in the town staged a demonstration in front of the TMC here yesterday. Claiming that contaminated water is being supplied to the layout in which Dalit labourers stayed, the protestors said the use of contaminated…
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