Mangaluru : Chief Minister Yeddyurappa has conducted video conference with the officials of the affected districts. Decision has been taken to provide the compensation as per previously used method, informed home minister Basavaraj Bommai speaking to reporters in Mangaluru on Thursday. Close to 5,000 houses have been damaged and the compensation will be given to […]
Belagavi : Residents from villages along the banks of rivers Krishna, Ghataprabha and Malaprabha are facing the threat of floods due to heavy rain in their catchments in state and Maharashtra. The district has been receiving heavy rain since Sunday and more rains have been forecast for Monday. River Krishna was flowing above danger levels […]
Mangaluru : The continuous heavy rain and the resulting flood has not only put transportation out of gear, the prices of fruits and vegetables has also rocketed due to the damaged crops. Because of this, a few vegetables and fruits in the market have gone up. As of Aug 11th, the prices of potato, onion, […]
Bangalore : Roads resembled rivers, trees got uprooted, electricity wires dangled dangerously and traffic just stopped moving as the city was inundated by a sudden and thunderous downpour that lasted less than two hours on Thursday evening. The city received 130 mm of rainfall in 24 hours on Thursday. Met Department officials said this was […]
Washington: The toll in floods that ravaged Colorado in the US climbed to seven, as the biggest rescue operation in the country since the 2005 Hurricane Katrina was mounted. The Colorado Office of Emergency Management (COEM) confirmed Monday four people drowned in Boulder county, two in Larimer county and one in El Paso county, and […]
Mangalore : A cheque for Rs 10 lakh towards the Uttarakhand flood relief works was handed over to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on July 16, Tuesday on behalf of the DK District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union. The delegation of the Union was led by DK District in-charge Minister Ramanatha Rai and Raviraj Kodavur, President of the […]
Belthangady : Venoor in Belthangady taluk was one of the worst hit places in the floods that affected various parts of the district due to heavy rains. In fact Venoor had turned into an island and was submerged All roads leading to Moodbidri, Naravi, Belthangady and Venoor were inundated blocking vehicular movement. Considering the gravity […]
Mangalore : Heavy rains that have been lashing the district since the past two to three days has brought problems unlimited.Several houses have submerged. Floods have hit hard many families while many more have been shifted to safer places. Places such as Jeppinamogru, Alekala, Kallapu, Patla, Adamkudru, Ullal-uliyal and neighbouring areas were flooded with water, […]
Kundapur : Heavy rains have caused problems to residents of Sarkal isle with the only link to the world a bridge getti gn washed away some time back. Recently flood surrounded the isle leaving them in a fix and giving them sleepless nights. About 3,000 acres of paddy fields in Sarkal have now been inundated. […]
Bangalore: Karnataka government has sent a three-member team to Uttarakhand to ensure safety of people from the state stranded there due to floods. “We are in constant touch with the Centre and Uttarakhand government to get information on safety of our people stranded in Uttarakhand,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters. Flash floods in Uttarakhand have […]
