Heavy showers leave major rivers of Malnad region in spate

Mysuru/ Shivamogga/ Chikkamgaluru: All the Malnad districts of the state are witnessing heavy rainfall since Monday afternoon.
Following heavy rainfall in Wayanad in Kerala, the water level of Kapila river increased, leading to the release of over 30,000 cusecs of water from the Kabini dam in Mysuru district. The district administration has requested farmers and residents living in downstream areas to be alert and not to venture near the river.
According to Sujatha N, executive engineer of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd, the dam is being filled fast and outflow to the river will be increased to 30,000 cusecs as catchment areas are witnessing a heavy rainfall.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre data, all the malnad districts the rainfall is as follows: in Kodagu — Napoklu 144mm, Bhagamanda 143mm, Santhahallli 114mm, and Srimangala 100mm; in Chikkamagaluru — Kigga 99mm, Kalasa 97mm; in Hassan — Hettur 162mm, Hanbal 135mm, Yaslur 132mm; in Shivamogga — Teerthahalli 107mm, Agumbe 103mm, and Agrahara 101mm.
In Chikkamagaluru, rain damaged roads at Banakal, Kottigehara and Charmadi Ghat. It also disrupted normal life at Horatti, Phalguni, Kunduru, Byrapura, Bettadamane villages in Mudigere taluk, Bhuvana Kote and Kodnibilu GP in Koppa taluk and parts of Narasimharajapura taluk in Chikkamagaluru. Tunga and Bhadra catchment areas in Chikkamagaluru too received heavy rainfall.
In Shivamogga, the inflow of water increased at the Bhadra dam. Rain intensified at Sharavathi valley in Hosanagar and Sagar taluks, leading to good inflow into Linganamakki reservoir.