Here are the massive tales from Karnataka right now

1. #Karnataka rains: Below regular rain in July places #Kodagu district on alert for ‘dreaded’ August

Notwithstanding the snug storage positions within the main reservoirs of the Cauvery basin in #Karnataka, the catchment space in #Kodagu district has acquired beneath regular rain in July, and has triggered an alert within the district administration. Reason? A below-normal rainfall throughout July tends to be adopted by heavy to very heavy rains in August.

The hilly district finally ends up receiving 20 to 30 days of precipitation inside every week, leading to wide-spread harm to property, localized flooding and crop loss, aside from landslides. Though it’s not the rule, public reminiscence of the devastation brought about in 2018, and related developments within the following two to three years, has saved residents and officers on edge.

2. Bengaluru-Mangaluru nationwide freeway made safer by restore of broken river embankment on Shiradi #Ghat

The National Highways division of #Karnataka Public Works Department not too long ago accomplished work on the everlasting restoration of Kempuhole river embankment on the Shiradi #Ghat stretch of Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway 75 that was washed away at many locations throughout rains in August 2018.

Union #Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has spent ₹41 crore on repairing the embankment that was broken in a minimum of 13 areas alongside the 25-km ghat stretch between Maranahalli in #Sakleshpur taluk of #Hassan district and Gundya in #Kadaba taluk of Dakshina Kannada district.

3. 250 villages of Kanakapura taluk to get Cauvery water: Deputy CM D.Okay. Shivakumar

Deputy Chief Minister D. Okay. Shivakumar stated a plan can be formulated to produce consuming water from the river Cauvery to 250 villages in Kanakapura taluk in Bengaluru South (former Ramanagara) district of #Karnataka.

“We are planning to pump Cauvery water from close to Sangam to 250 villages for consuming functions. The challenge to produce Cauvery water to the tanks of the taluk has already been kicked off,” he stated, throughout a Janaspandana programme at Kanakapura on July 21.