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Kodagu flood victims get houses Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Minister for Housing V. Somanna inaugurating a house built for flood victims in Kodagu on Friday.   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The victims of 2018 floods in Kodagu who lost their houses had a reason to cheer on Friday. For, they got the houses exclusively constructed for them by the government. In total, 162 houses – 140 in Gaalibeedu and 22 in Biligeri – were handed over by Minister for Housing V. Somanna on Friday. Mr. Somanna said 660 houses had been handed over to the flood victims so far in three phases. ...

Updated: Share Article AAA Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that shoot-at-sight order has been given to department officials to kill a tiger in Kodagu that has claimed lives in the district. In a reply to question from K.G. Bopaiah and Appachu Ranjan (of the BJP) during Zero Hour, Mr. Limbavali said the department has caught a tigress but another tiger was creating an atmosphere of fear in Virajpet and other areas in Kodagu. Both BJP members said that if the department failed to capture the tiger, then the people should be given the power to shoo...

Delegation to be taken to Delhi soon The State government has decided to take a delegation of MLAs to the national capital to seek funds from the Centre under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) for erecting barricades in forest areas to prevent entry of wild animals into human habitats. Forest Minister Arvind Limbavali on Thursday chaired a meeting with MLAs whose constituencies witnessed man-animal conflicts and said barricades would be erected in forest areas covering 624 km. Already 165 km had been fenced and ₹550 crore would be required to fenc...

Madikeri: Years after it was formed, the Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences at Madikeri, the District Headquarters, has been granted permission by the Government for introducing B.Sc Nursing Course. The course was a long-standing demand from the people of Kodagu, which did not have any medical institute until 2014, when the Medical College  was announced. Following the sanction for starting the much in demand B.Sc (Nursing), the Medical College has begun preparations for admitting  100 students in the current academic year. As all the 100 seats are under Government quota, the students ha...

Updated: It was flooded after heavy discharge from Harangi dam in 2018 Share Article AAA Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar, Minister for Urban Development B.A. Basavaraj, and Appachu Ranjan, MLA, during their visit to the Sainik School in Kushalnagar on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT It was flooded after heavy discharge from Harangi dam in 2018 A sum of ₹5 crore has been sought for the development of Sainik School at Kushalnagar that faced flooding during heavy discharge from Harangi Dam in 2018, the year when Kodagu witnessed its worst floods and landslides. Ministe...