Works to restore bridge that was washed away in 2018 begins; to be completed by May 2020 Mysore/Mysuru: The Government will renovate the Lushington Bridge at Sathegala in Kollegal, which was washed away in July 2018 rain. The two-century-old bridge built across River Cauvery near Shivanasamudra in Kollegal taluk will be repaired and conserved as…
Two students drown in River Cauvery at Dubare
March 5, 2020Kushalnagar: Two students, who were part of a Scouts and Guides tour of a school, drowned in Cauvery River at Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu district yesterday. The children who lost their lives were 14-year-old Kodengada Shreyas Chengappa of Kanoor village and 15-year-old Madira Lenin Bopanna of Hysodlur village, students of Lions School at Kalathmadu…
Three city students drown in Srirangapatna
February 14, 2020Srirangapatna: Three students from Darul Uloom Siddiqia Trust Arabic College at Siddiquinagar in Mysuru drowned in River Cauvery at Srirangapatna this morning. While the body of one student has been fished out, Fire and Emergency Service personnel and expert swimmers have launched a search for the bodies of other two. The deceased students are Mujassim…
Colloquium deliberates linking of Cauvery and Godavari Rivers
January 12, 2020Mysuru: A colloquium on River Cauvery and its protection as one unit from the catchment in Kodagu to the confluence in Tamil Nadu was held yesterday at Karnataka Legislature House II in Bengaluru. The origins of the meeting were the Meet of Peninsular Rivers held in Chennai in November 2019 and the National Water Conference…
100th Aarti for River Cauvery in Kushalnagar
November 13, 2019Kushalnagar: The purpose of Cauvery Aarti is to show humility and gratitude to God’s divine form. Cauvery Aarti is a devotional offering to the River Goddess. This offering is made to the Goddess, also affectionately referred to as Mother. Last night, the 100th Aarti was performed to the River and hundreds of devotees took part…
Three PU students drown in Cauvery near Kushalnagar
June 6, 2019Kushalnagar: Three Pre-University students drowned when they went for a swim in River Cauvery at Madapatna near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district yesterday. Police said that the deceased were identified as 20-year-old Akash, 19-year-old Gagan and 21-year-old Shashank. They were studying Commerce in Government Junior College, Madikeri and they had came to their friend’s house in…
Man jumps into River Cauvery; search on for body
August 29, 2018Even as operations to retrieve bodies of flood victims is still on in Kodagu, personnel of the Fire Services Department and Dubare Rafting Team were involved in trying to fish out the body of a man who jumped into Cauvery River in Kushalnagar this morning. Lokesh, (28), resident of Koppa and a daily wager, allegedly…
British-era bridge withstands water pressure
August 19, 2018The historical Wellesley Bridge, built by the British, across River Cauvery at Srirangapatna which remains neglected and dilapidated, now is withstanding the pressure of strong water force as more than one lakh cusecs of water is being let out to the river from KRS reservoir which is receiving huge inflow since a week. Picture below…
Living Entity Status for River Cauvery: CNC Jatha reaches world’s first dam site in Tiruchirapalli
May 29, 2018Mysuru: Mission on Cauvery, a vehicular jatha organised by Codava National Council (CNC) from Talacauvery in Kodagu to Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu between May 24 and 30 to attain Living Entity Status for River Cauvery on par with Ganga, Yamuna and Narmada, was received by Delta Farmers Forum at Tiruchirapalli on the evening of May…
‘Cauvery Yatra’ crosses Mysuru on its way to Poompuhar
May 26, 2018Mysuru: The Codava National Council (CNC) has demanded the government to accord Living Entity status to River Cauvery to protect it from further destruction. The CNC has begun a ‘Vehicle Jatha’ or ‘Cauvery Yatra’ from Talacauvery, the birthplace of River Cauvery in Kodagu, on May 24 and the jatha will reach Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu….
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