Mandya: In the wake of accidents in VC Canal limits, Mandya DC Dr. Kumara has instructed officials concerned to take necessary steps as per the technical report to prevent accidents in VC Canal limits. The DC was speaking at a meeting organised to discuss construction of retaining walls along canals and lakes at the DC…
Echo of vehicles plunging into canals in Mandya: DC constitutes panels to study need for crash barriers
August 4, 2023Officials, elected representatives conveniently forgot the 2018 Kanaganamaradi bus accident that killed 30 Mandya: Following two recent accidents involving cars plunging into the VC Canal in Mandya district, which resulted in the tragic death of five individuals, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumara has taken prompt action by constituting Committees. The primary purpose of these Committees is…
Car plunges into VC Canal in Mandya: Missing driver’s body found
July 28, 2023Mandya: The body of the driver, which was untraceable after the car he was driving plunged into the VC Canal yesterday, has been traced this morning. The deceased is Lokesh and the incident had taken place near Thibbanahalli in Mandya taluk. Eyewitnesses had stated that Lokesh lost control of the car, which veered off the…
Car plunges into VC Canal in Mandya; driver missing
July 27, 2023Mandya: A speeding car plunged into the VC Canal this morning and the driver is missing. According to eyewitnesses, the driver, Lokesh, lost control over the vehicle and as a result, the car fell into the canal. The VC Canal is full to the brim as water is being released from the Krishna Raja Sagar…
Water gushes out from KRS Dam to VC Canal
July 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following protests from members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) in front of the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited office recently, demanding the immediate release of River Cauvery water to the VC Canal, the Engineers of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya have released water to the Canal, North Gate. The decision to…
Lucky escape for four as car falls into canal
June 6, 2023Mandya: Four occupants of a car had a miraculous escape when the car in which they were travelling fell into VC Canal at Machahalli village in the taluk yesterday. It is learnt that a man from Pandavapura, along with his wife and two children, was proceeding towards Pandavapura and when the car took a turn…
‘Release water to VC Canal’
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha President Badagalapura Nagendra urged the Government to release water from Krishanaraja Sagar (KRS) Dam to VC Canal in Mandya district. Addressing reporters here, he said that water was released into the Canal for agricultural activities even when the water level was 74 feet. Now, the water level in the dam…
Water into canals only if KRS water level touches 96 ft : Mandya DC
July 11, 2019Mandya: Water can be released into the canal only if water level at KRS (Krishna Raja Sagar) dam touches 96 feet, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) N. Manjushri. She was addressing a progress review meeting of different departments chaired by District-in-charge Secretary Javed Akthar at the Cauvery Auditorium in the Zilla Panchayat office here on Tuesday…
No KRS water to VC Canal from May 8
May 6, 2019Water only for drinking to Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru Mysore: Though mercury level is on the rise, there is some hope when it comes to drinking water storage in Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir in Mandya. Water level at the Dam stands now at 84.21 feet, just enough to fulfil the drinking water needs. The…
Boy drowned in VC Canal
April 30, 2019Mandya: A 16-year-old boy, who had gone for a swim along with his friends in the VC Canal on the outskirts of Gunnayakanahalli in the taluk yesterday, has reportedly met watery grave. The deceased is Hemanth Gowda, a student of Navodaya School at Shivaragudda in Maddur taluk. Hemanth had written his SSLC exam and was…
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