Belthangady : A bridge was damaged following overnight heavy rain at Modale in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka on July 31, 2024. Heavy rains since July 31 night caused havoc in Venoor and Hosangady on the foothills of the Western Ghats, in Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. Water from […]

Mangaluru: The Maravoor bridge on the Phalguni river  is likely to be opened for light vehicle movement from July 30. A pillar of the bridge had sunk on June 15 after which it was closed for traffic and structural repairs started on it soon. A test will be performed to check whether the bridge is safe […]

Mangaluru : Karnataka Public Works Department on July 16 achieved a major feat by restoring a semi-collapsed concrete slab of the bridge across Phalguni (Gurupura) river on the road from Mangaluru to the airport a month after it was displaced. One of the slabs of the bridge at Maravoor sunk a few feet in the […]

Environmental project of National importance at Pilikula unable to utilise even treated water from STP, at Moodshedde- Pachchanady, hence untreated sewage water is let out into Phalguni river – PUCL DK Mangaluru ; Commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation Akshay Sridhar on Saturday had inspected the Sewage treatment plant at Padushedde-Pachachanady and on finding untreated sewage […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru International Airport connecting  road has been cut off after a portion of the major bridge across the Phalguni river at Maravoor caved in leading to the cracks on the one side of the bridge early on Tuesday. It is said, the two pillars of the bridge have caved in by about […]

Mangaluru : The newly constructed Gurupur bridge across river Phalguni at national highway 169 was inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on July 12, Friday. DK District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and Mangaluru North MLA Dr Y Bharath Shetty and other leaders of BJP party. Srinivas Poojari expressed his happiness over the […]

Mangaluru: The two bridges along NH 66 at Kuloor across the Phalguni River are in a state of disrepair. Vehicles plying through this bridge which is almost 30 meters in length need at least 30 minutes to achieve it! The tar on the surface of the bridge has been completely ripped off giving birth to […]

Mangaluru :  Search operation continued for the 20-year-old man, who was feared drowned in Phalguni river near Moodushedde dam on Wednesday. Sushanth, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar was feared drowned around 5.30pm on Sunday. According to the police, he accidentally slipped into the flooded river. With three days having gone by after the incident, the chances […]

Mangaluru: Two young women had a miraculous escape after the car they were travelling in fell into the Phalguni river. The incident took place at Maravoor on Sunday morning. According to source, the two young women were travelling from Bajpe towards Mangaluru, to pick up one of their friends’ parents. They hired a car in […]

Mangaluru : District In-Charge Minister and Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology B Ramanath Rai directed Karnataka State Pollution Control Board officials to initiate stern action against those responsible for the contamination of Phalguni river. He also sought a report on the incident within five days. He visited Malavoor vented dam where the aquatic creatures […]