Close contour trenches dug up atop Talacauvery Hills: DC
December 30, 2020
Madikeri: Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy has ordered the Forest Department to close ‘Ingu Gundi’ (soak pits) and contour trenches atop Brahmagiri Hill ranges at
Talacauvery.
In the wake of Geological Survey of India (GSI) submitting its primary report on the devastating landslip on the night of Aug. 5 this year where Gajagiri Hill (Brahmagiri Hill Range) collapsed, the DC has asked the Forest Department to take remedial measures within the next monsoon.
Two houses at the foot of Gajagiri Hill with its five residents, including the chief priest of the Talacauvery Temple were swept away and vast swathes of coffee plantations were buried under the debris on Aug. 5. The GSI report has found that a series of ‘Ingu Gundi’ dug up by the Forest Department was the main cause for the Hill to collapse. ‘Ingu Gundis’ are small pits to collect rainwater for recharging groundwater. Th
Row row row your raft at Dubare once more
Row row row your raft at Dubare once more
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Dec 10, 2020, 06:13 IST
All rafters have to follow
covid guidelines and only six people will be allowed per boat
River rafting is all set to resume in
Dubare. Sources said that the
adventurous water sports is likely to be open to visitors in a fortnight. Rafting had been suspended since March after the outbreak of covid-19.
A few days ago, Kodagu DC Annies Kanmani Joy held a meeting with rafters and permitted them to resume rafting with covid precautions in mind. In Dubare, there are around 34 rafting owners and 65 rafters who have been desperately waiting for the business to reopen.
Videoconference discusses steps to be taken on the inter-State border
•Kodagu DC Annies Kanmani Joy and the DCs of Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada take part in a video conference in connection with the steps to be taken on the inter-state border in view of forthcoming elections to the gram panchayats
Shankar Bennur
Even as the elections to gram panchayats are fast approaching, the Kodagu district administration had consultation with the administration of Kasaragod in Kerala on the steps to be taken on the inter-State border for ensuring free and fair elections.
The Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu, Annies Kanmani Joy, and her Kasaragod counterpart D. Sabith Babu, and Dakshina Kannada counterpart K.V. Rajendra took part in the consultations through a videoconference on Wednesday.