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Echo of vehicles plunging into canals in Mandya: DC constitutes panels to study need for crash barriers
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Echo of vehicles plunging into canals in Mandya: DC constitutes panels to study need for crash barriers

August 4, 2023

Officials, 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; driver missing
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Car plunges into VC Canal in Mandya; driver missing

July 27, 2023

Mandya: 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
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Water gushes out from KRS Dam to VC Canal

July 23, 2023

Mysore/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
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Lucky escape for four as car falls into canal

June 6, 2023

Mandya: 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’
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‘Release water to VC Canal’

June 26, 2021

Mysore/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
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Water into canals only if KRS water level touches 96 ft : Mandya DC

July 11, 2019

Mandya: 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
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No KRS water to VC Canal from May 8

May 6, 2019

Water 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
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Boy drowned in VC Canal

April 30, 2019

Mandya:  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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