Rain abates in Kodagu

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.