Incessant rain lashes south-interior,
central and Bombay–Karnataka
Heavy rain in various parts of the
State left two persons dead,
damaged houses and flooded
several low-lying regions in the last
24 hours.
One person each was killed in
Chikmagalur and Davangere districts
and several villages in Belgaum
district turned into islands as
incessant rain lashed parts of
south-interior Karnataka, central
Karnataka and Bombay–Karnataka.
Washed away
A plantation worker was washed
away in the overflowing Yettinahole
river, near Kyamanahalli in
Sakleshpur taluk (Hassan district)
late on Friday.
Baby (42), a mother of three, fell into
the stream while crossing it. Parts
of Sringeri and Mudigere taluks in
Chikmagalur district have been
receiving heavy rain, forcing
authorities to close schools on
Saturday.
Forty-six-year-old Kariyamma was
killed when the wall of her house
collapsed at Kanive Bilachi in
Chennagiri taluk of Davangere
district on Thursday night.
In Belgaum, unabated rainfall and
increased inflows into the Krishna
from Maharashtra since Friday left
seven bridges submerged, turning
several low-lying villages in
Chikkodi taluk into islands.
Increased outflow at Rajapur barrage
across the Krishna at the
Karnataka–Maharashtra boundary
and from Koyna dam, near Satara
(Maharashtra), has resulted in the
flood-like situation.
District authorities said that 30
boats had been kept ready in
Chikkodi and Athani taluks to shift
village people in the event of floods.
Kodagu district too continued to
experience heavy rainfall in the last
24 hours with Shantalli hobli in
Somwarpet taluk recording the
highest of 206.2 mm. Cauvery and
Lakshmanatirtha rivers are in spate.
In Shimoga district, all major rivers,
including Tunga, Bhadra, Sharavati,
Malathi, Varada were in spate.
Vehicular traffic between Shimoga
city and Tirthahalli along National
Highway 13 was suspended as the
road near Mandagadde was
submerged. In Sagar taluk,
Beesanagadde village was flooded
by the Varada waters. The district
administration has provided motor
boats for people to reach the village.
Reservoir levels
Copious rain has pushed up water-
levels in several reservoirs. The
water-level in the Hemavati
reservoir in Hassan stood at 2,910 ft
against the full reservoir level (FRL)
of 2,922 ft. On Saturday, the gross
storage was 26.674 tmcft. Last year
on this day it was 11.42 tmcft.
The water-level in the Harangi
reservoir in Kodagu district on
Saturday morning stood at 2,856.38
ft against the maximum of 2,859 ft.
Inflow has increased at the rate of
18,606 cusecs. Outflow was at the
rate of 21,975 cusecs and at the rate
of 650 cusecs into the canals.
Water-level in the Linganamakki
reservoir in Shimoga district rose by
3 ft in a span of 24 hours. It reached
1,797 ft on Saturday. Inflow at the
rate of 55,031 cusecs was recorded
here.
The water-level in the Bhadra
reservoir stood at 168 ft with an
inflow at the rate of 30,163 cusecs.
As the Tunga reservoir, near
Gajanur, is full, water at the rate of
66,000 cusecs was discharged into
the river.
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