Pre monsoon showers on Thursday
brought down trees and blocked
drainages in several parts of the
City. However no casualties were
reported.
The City has been experiencing
showers for the past two days, but
heavy rains accompanied by
thunderstorms on Thursday
resulted in several tree falls. Heavy
winds brought down trees in
Anegundi in Lashkar Mohalla and
Kukkarahalli lake, where a big tree
branch fell on the lake bund. Water
logging was reported from several
places, as drains were blocked.
Officials from Mysore City
Corporation control room said they
had received several such
complaints and that they were in
the process of having the drains
cleared. MET Department officials
said that rain with heavy wind
would continue in Mysore for
another four days. On Thursday,
Mysore city received 22.5 mm
rains.
District Fire Officer H M
Shivanegowda confirmed there
were no any casualties. ACP
(Traffic) Prabhakar Bhakri told
Deccan Herald that the city was
spared of any traffic pile ups.
Several other parts of the district
too received heavy showers.
Chamarajangar
Incessant rains in city district
threw life out of gear as heavy
wind brought down trees and
damaged houses. The loss from
the damage to property is
estimated to run into lakhs of
rupees. Damage to houses and
huts, fallen electric poles and
coconut trees and damage to
paddy crops were all reported from
the villages of Arakalavadi,
Manchagundipura, Linganapura,
Chowdalli, Ankanashettypura and
Amachavadi villages in
Chamarajanagar. A fallen electric
pole in Chowdalli was removed
quickly after it fell across a road.
Mandya
Mandya was also not spared as
heavy rains that lashed the place
for an hour blew roofs off houses
and shops in Kikkeri. Water
logging was also reported from
these areas. Trees were uprooted
on the Bangalore-Mysore highway,
blocking the road and resulting in
a traffic jam for a while.
Hassan
The district received mild rains
and one incidence of water
logging was reported from
Basattikoppalu road.
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