Kodagu District Minister V. Somanna forced to take boat to reach Bhagamandala; Two houses still under rubble Madikeri: Relief and rescue operations at Talacauvery in Kodagu District has been hit due to incessant rains and landslides. Five persons of a family including the Chief Priest of Sri Cauvery Temple T.S. Narayanachar are said to be…
Newly built 463 houses handed over to flood victims of 2018 in Kodagu
June 5, 2020Madikeri: Karnataka Minister for Revenue R. Ashok has said that a Rs. 10 crore grant would be released shortly for construction of a permanent building for ‘Relief Centre’ in Kodagu district which is vulnerable to floods because of its hilly landscape. According to an official release, the Minister symbolically handed over the newly-built houses to…
Donations pour in to combat COVID-19
April 10, 2020In a bid to help the State Government fight COVID-19, donations from writers, politicians and individuals are pouring in to the PM and Chief Minister’s Relief Fund from city. MLC Sandesh Nagaraj donated Rs. 1 crore from his MLC Fund and his one month’s salary of Rs. 1 lakh towards CM’s Relief Fund to Minister…
District Minister on 3-day tour from tomorrow
April 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Housing and District-in-charge Minister V. Somanna will begin a three-day tour of Mysuru and Kodagu districts from tomorrow (Apr.9). Somanna, who will arrive in the city tomorrow morning, will take part in a public grievances meet at 11.30 am, following which he will hold a meeting with officials regarding COVID-19 measures at ZP Hall…
Mysuru-based Cycle Pure Agarbathies donates Rs. 1.08 crore to PM CARES Fund
April 3, 2020Bengaluru: Cycle Pure Agarbathies, from agarbathi to aerospace conglomerate NR Group, has extended support to the country and Government in combating COVID-19 with a donation of Rs.1,08,00,000 to PM’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation (PM CARES) Fund. The brand, which has been in the prayer and worship space from the last 70 years,…
Penor Rinpoche Charity Foundation donates Rs.10,00,000 to CM’s Relief Fund
April 3, 2020Mysuru/Bylakuppe: The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic that is infecting and killing thousands of lives in the world is very disheartening. The Chief of Namdroling Monastery (the Golden Temple), Gyang Khang Tulku Rinpoche and Mugsang Kuchen Rinpoche, along with all the monks and nuns, have extend their deepest gratitude to the Prime Minister of…
District Minister visits Choultries, Youth Hostel
April 2, 2020Serves breakfast, checks social distancing Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister V. Somanna, who visited the choultries and Youth Hostel, where many travellers and the shelterless are housed, inspected the places and took stock of the situation this morning. The Minister, who first visited the CITB Choultry in Siddarthanagar, where nearly 162 tourists from Rajasthan are housed, inspected…
District Minister asks Officials to ensure Food for All
April 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the COVID-19 lockdown affecting everyone, District Minister V. Somanna has asked the officials to ensure that no one suffers from hunger in the district. The Minister was addressing officials at KEB Engineers Association auditorium at Kadakola on Nanjangud Road yesterday after visiting Jubilant Organics at Nanjangud, which has now become the epicentre of…
District Minister tells officials to take up home delivery of essential items
April 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: With the city coming to a standstill following the COVID-19 lockdown, District Minister V. Somanna has advised the officials to take up home delivery of essential items and articles of daily use to members of the public and also to ensure distribution of food to inmates of shelter homes. Addressing a meeting of officials…
Minister launches vehicles to sell vegetables at doorstep
April 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: District in-charge Minister V. Somanna yesterday launched the vehicles, arranged by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Horticulture Department, to sell fruits, vegetables and other necessary items, at the doorsteps of city residents. Speaking on the occasion, he said that these arrangements are made so that people do not come out of their houses and…
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