Farmers across state cheer as monsoon covers more areas

Monsoon showers continued across the state on Monday.

Moderate to heavy rains lashed the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad from Sunday night to Monday morning. Roads were waterlogged, causing inconvenience to motorists.

Rural areas in Dharwad district too witnessed rain, much to the joy of farmers who were waiting to prepare the fields for kharif sowing. Light intermittent showers were experienced in Mundargi, Ron, Lakshmeshwar, Mulgund, Dambal and Shirahatti of Gadag district.   

Davangere city, its surroundings and other parts of the district received moderate rainfall. There was intermittent rain throughout the day with occasional heavy showers.

Water entered agriculture fields and houses were flooded in Bhatkal taluk of Uttara Kannada district. Drizzling was reported from across the district as also neighbouring Belagavi district.

Heavy showers were reported from most taluks in Bidar district. Rainwater entered a few houses as roads and drains were flooded in Bidar city.

Temperature came down by a few notches due to the day-long drizzling in Raichur district. Slush filled the roads much to the discomfort of motorists. Heavy rain was reported from Yadgir and surrounding areas from afternoon to 8 pm on Monday.

Mysuru city and surrounding areas experienced light intermittent showers throughout the day on Monday. Hassan city and surrounding areas, Sakleshpur taluk, and Belur also experienced light rain.
Though intermittent rain lashed several parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, the intensity was less compared to the last two days. A man was washed away when he accidentally fell into the Kiruhole rivulet at Bijoor, Kundapura taluk, Udupi district on Sunday night. The deceased is Harish (34).

The Mangaluru Central-Madgaon intercity train was held up between Padil and Jokatte from 8.55 am to 10.10 am, due to a landslide on the track.

Movement of vehicles on the state highway connecting Hosanagar in Shivamogga district and Kollur in Udupi district was disrupted as a bridge at Shantapura village in Hosanagar taluk collapsed due to heavy rain that lashed Malnad region over the last 24 hours.

A KSRTC bus was on its way to Kollur from Bengaluru when the bridge collapsed in the wee hours of Monday. Noticing this, the driver took an alternative route to reach Kollur. Heavy rain also lashed Sagar taluk and power supply was disrupted in the villages of the taluk. Shivamogga, Shikaripur, Thirthahalli, Bhadravathi received rains intermittently. Water level in Linganamakki dam rose to 1,744.55 feet from 1,743.05 feet. The maximum level of the dam is 1,819 feet. The inflow was 6,115 cusecs.