Rain abates in Kodagu
The Hindu
Heavy rain that lashed Kodagu and surrounding areas last week abated since the last 48 hours, providing reprieve to the local people. The average rainfall in Kodagu for the 24-hour period ending at 8.
Heavy rain that lashed Kodagu and surrounding areas last week abated since the last 48 hours, providing reprieve to the local people. The average rainfall in Kodagu for the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday was 4.77 mm. Places such as Bhagamandala, which was flooded owing to torrential rain a few days ago, returned to normality and received only 14 mm rainfall. Sampaje received 8 mm while Napoklu received 4.4 mm of rainfall, in Madikeri taluk. In Virajpet, there was no rain in Hudikeri while Srimangala received only 2 mm of rainfall and Ponnampet received 12 mm of rainfall during the same period. In Somwarpet taluk, Shantalli recorded 11.4 mm rainfall while Suntikoppa received 1 mm and there was no rainfall recorded either in Kushalnagar or Shanivarsanthe. Consequent to the gradual abatement of rain, inflow to the reservoirs have also declined. The inflow into the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) in Mandya district was at the rate of 11,920 cusecs while the water level was hovering around 94.45 feet on Tuesday morning as against the full reservoir level of 124.8 feet. However, the live storage in the reservoir had increased to 29 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) due to copious rain during the past week.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.