Notice will also be issued to Mandya Tahsildar for hosting the party: DC Srirangapatna: Mandya Tahsildar Chandrashekar S. Gali hosting a birthday party for his son at a hotel inside the high-security Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam where over 250 people attended violating COVID-19 norms on Wednesday night has snowballed into a major controversy and…
Rule enforcer turns rule breaker!
August 5, 2021Blatant violation of COVID-19 norms at Mandya Tahsildar’s son’s birthday party DC to ask Assistant Commissioner, Srirangapatna Tahsildar to investigate Srirangapatna: Despite the State reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, Mandya Tahsildar Chandrashekar S. Gali hosted a big fat birthday party for his son last night in the premises of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. According…
Entry to Srirangapatna Temples banned on select days
August 1, 2021Srirangapatna: With the number of devotees visiting the famed Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangapatna and Nimishamba Temple at Ganjam increasing by the day of late, the Taluk Administration has imposed restrictions on entry to the two temples as a precautionary and safety measure in the wake of a possible third wave of attack of the…
No Boating in Ranganathittu
July 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Boating operations have been suspended at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary for an indefinite period as the flow in the Cauvery has significantly increased. The bird sanctuary is located on the banks of River Cauvery downstream of KRS reservoir near Srirangapatna and once water is released from the reservoir, it gushes downstream resulting in the increase…
KRS Dam crosses 100 ft. mark
July 21, 2021Srirangapatna: Thanks to copious rains in the catchment areas of Kodagu, water level at KRS Dam in Mandya District has crossed the 100 feet mark. According to statistics provided by Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited, water level this morning stood at 101 feet as against a maximum level of 124.80 feet. Last year (2020), the Dam…
Minor wall collapse at KRS Reservoir
July 19, 2021CNNL engineers say no need to panic Srirangapatna: At a time when the dust raised by political slugfest over illegal and legal stone mining activities posing a threat to the iconic Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is yet to settle down, a minor wall collapse under the Reservoir steps last night has caused concern. Over…
Live gelatin sticks dumped near Bebi Betta quarry
July 18, 2021Srirangapatna: Memories of a deadly dynamite blast, claiming at least six lives of those trying to dispose of gelatin sticks fearing Police search at a quarry site in Herenagaveli village of Chikkaballapura taluk in February this year, returned to haunt on Thursday at Bebi Betta in Pandavapura when a huge cache of live gelatin sticks…
Set up Task Force for KRS Dam safety: Mandya MP
July 15, 2021Sumalatha visits stone crushers at Baby Betta; seeks info from fumbling officials Srirangapatna/Pandavapura: After her visit to the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam where she inspected a couple of sluice gates and interacted with the officials from Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL), Mandya MP Sumalatha visited certain quarries at Baby Betta in Pandavapura Taluk, the…
Dy.SP has a farmhouse at KRS backwaters, a restricted area!
July 15, 2021MP Sumalatha seeks detailed report Srirangapatna: During the inspection of KRS Dam yesterday, MP Sumalatha questioned the Police and the Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KISF) that manages the Dam about certain issues concerning the Dam. She asked Inspector Santosh whether it had come to his notice that a few days back a group of…
I stand by my words on cracks in KRS Dam: Mandya MP
July 14, 2021‘CNNL officers are not qualified Dam safety certifying authority’ Srirangapatna: In the backdrop of her statement that Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has developed cracks due to rampant stone mining and blasting around it, Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish visited the Dam this morning and took first-hand information from the officials. A heavy posse of Policemen…















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