The district received torrential rain on Wednesday owing to which the inflow into major reservoirs has enhanced. The inflow into Linganamakki reservoir — that was at the rate of 13,828 cusecs on Tuesday — increased to 30,062 cusecs on Wednesday. The water level here stood at 1,769 ft as against the maximum of 1,819 ft. The inflow into Bhadra reservoir — that was at the rate of 3,321 cusecs on Tuesday — increased to 7,685 cusecs on Wednesday. The water level here stood at 130 ft as against the maximum of 186 ft. The Tunga was in spate as 11,246 cusecs of water was being discharged from Gajanur reservoir.
Vehicular movement along Shivamogga-Sagar stretch of NH 206 was disrupted for sometime as owing to tree-fall in Tuppur and Konehosur villages. The gushing wind also uprooted as many as 15 arecanut trees in Tirthamattur village in Tirthahalli taluk.
Agumbe and Sulagodu have each received 15 cm of rain, followed by Linganamakki (12), Hosanagar (11) and Humchadakatte (10).