Rain lashes malnad, old Mysuru regions

TNN | Apr 8, 2020, 04:58 IST

Mysuru: The south-interior Karnataka region, including malnad districts, have been receiving good rainfall over the past few days.
On Tuesday, 78mm rainfall was recorded at Tagarapura GP in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district. Meanwhile, the unseasonal rain is proving a headache for banana growers in the region with rain and hailstorm destroying their crop at many places.
Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said Kodagu district has recorded average minimum temperature of 19.7 ̊C, lowest in the state. According to KSNDMC data, the rainfall in the region is as follows: Santhahalli - 70mm, Ponnampet - 15.8mm, and Bhagamandala - 15.7mm (Kodagu district); Kadur (Chikkamagaluru district) - 24.3mm; Shantigrama and Hassan city (Hassan district) - 23.5mm; Maddur (Mandya district) - 22.4mm, and HD Kote (Mysuru district) - (22.5mm).
According to experts, rain is expected to continue for two more days in the region.