<p class="bodytext">Unyielding rain and swollen rivers and rivulets have marooned farmlands and hit the road infrastructure hard as normal life was thrown out of gear in Kodagu. </p>.<p class="bodytext">It’s bucketing down in Kodagu district from the past three days. On Thursday, Hudikeri in Ponnampet taluk witnessed a record 220 mm while Srimangala received 210 mm. As many as seven places, including Napoklu and Virajpet saw more than 100 mm of rain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Triveni Sangama, the confluence of Cauvery, Kannike and the mythical Sujyoti rivers at Bhagamandala, submerged for the third time in the last four weeks. The garden on its premises and the roads are also submerged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The swollen Kakkabe stream has hit traffic on Napoklu-Virajpet and Napoklu-Murnadu roads.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There’s no let up for the hilly district. The met department has a heavy to very heavy rain forecast for Kodagu on Friday. With IMD sounding red alert, the Kodagu district administration has extended holiday for schools and colleges to Friday.</p>.Reservoirs in Karnataka's Krishna and Cauvery basins clock copious inflows.<p class="bodytext">Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts also saw heavy showers. The rain inundated farms and areca plantations. The swollen rivers and streams sent traffic haywire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hemavathi river is in spate in Mudigere taluk, where floodwaters have caused damage to arecanut and paddy crops. The river has submerged a bridge near Bakki in the taluk. Several villages in taluk are cut-off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Torrential rain in the last few days has swelled the water level of Tunga, Bhadra and Sharavathi rivers. The Varahi project area at Chakra recorded 195 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Maastikatte and Agumbe have registered 140 mm each.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tunga dam at Gajanuru and Anjanapura dam near Shikaripura have reached their maximum levels. As much as 44,158 cusec of water was discharged from the dam. Linganamakki and Bhadra reservoirs are also receiving copious inflows.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most parts of the coastal districts witnessed intermittent spells of moderate to heavy rain on Wednesday. Rivers in the region are in spate. Sita river is flowing in full steam.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Unyielding rain and swollen rivers and rivulets have marooned farmlands and hit the road infrastructure hard as normal life was thrown out of gear in Kodagu. </p>.<p class="bodytext">It’s bucketing down in Kodagu district from the past three days. On Thursday, Hudikeri in Ponnampet taluk witnessed a record 220 mm while Srimangala received 210 mm. As many as seven places, including Napoklu and Virajpet saw more than 100 mm of rain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Triveni Sangama, the confluence of Cauvery, Kannike and the mythical Sujyoti rivers at Bhagamandala, submerged for the third time in the last four weeks. The garden on its premises and the roads are also submerged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The swollen Kakkabe stream has hit traffic on Napoklu-Virajpet and Napoklu-Murnadu roads.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There’s no let up for the hilly district. The met department has a heavy to very heavy rain forecast for Kodagu on Friday. With IMD sounding red alert, the Kodagu district administration has extended holiday for schools and colleges to Friday.</p>.Reservoirs in Karnataka's Krishna and Cauvery basins clock copious inflows.<p class="bodytext">Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga districts also saw heavy showers. The rain inundated farms and areca plantations. The swollen rivers and streams sent traffic haywire.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hemavathi river is in spate in Mudigere taluk, where floodwaters have caused damage to arecanut and paddy crops. The river has submerged a bridge near Bakki in the taluk. Several villages in taluk are cut-off.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Torrential rain in the last few days has swelled the water level of Tunga, Bhadra and Sharavathi rivers. The Varahi project area at Chakra recorded 195 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. Maastikatte and Agumbe have registered 140 mm each.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tunga dam at Gajanuru and Anjanapura dam near Shikaripura have reached their maximum levels. As much as 44,158 cusec of water was discharged from the dam. Linganamakki and Bhadra reservoirs are also receiving copious inflows.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Most parts of the coastal districts witnessed intermittent spells of moderate to heavy rain on Wednesday. Rivers in the region are in spate. Sita river is flowing in full steam.</p>
