Heavy rains across the district spark concern among residents.

Madikeri, Aug. 25: Ashlesh rains have generally been creating anxiety in the district in the past. There has never been a case of heavy rains causing any damage or a phenomenon of heavy rainfall. But suddenly, after yesterday afternoon and during the night and this morning, when heavy rains fell in many places in the district, the people of the district were naturally worried. When it rained with thunder in Madikeri in the morning, it seemed that this was not monsoon rain. Many started saying that it was raining due to cloud seeding. When the water level of the Cauvery rose in Bhagamandala too, there was anxiety. However, after this afternoon, the rains subsided everywhere and the water level of the river also decreased.

Since the state government has already announced a decision to conduct cloud seeding in the state, people are starting to speculate that this is the reason for the rain. However, Minister Cheluvaraya Swamy has already been asked about this by the Chief Minister's Political Secretary and MLA A.S. Ponnanna met and explained that there will be no cloud seeding in Kodagu, but there is a suspicion that the government has secretly started cloud seeding in Kodagu among the farmers.

When “Shakti” contacted District Collector S. J. Somashekhar in this regard today, he confirmed that “cloud seeding has not taken place in the district.” He also informed that the sudden increase in rainfall may be due to the impact of sea erosion in the Bay of Bengal. When asked why the department is not issuing weather warnings in the district, he said that due to sudden weather fluctuations in situations like sea scarcity, advance warnings are not available. He said that the weather in many districts of the state today was different, which led to increased rainfall in Kodagu for some time.

Rain in many places in the district

It rained in Kudige, Hebbale, Shirangala, areas around Gonikoppalu, Karike etc. till afternoon today. There was thunder and lightning in the Siddapur area. Due to the heavy rain, workers in the coffee plantations in Siddapur and Nellihudikeri villages were given a holiday from work. The rain was intense and the people were frightened due to the thunder.

Kushalnagar town and its surrounding areas have been experiencing continuous rain for the past two days, completely disrupting people's lives. 

The town's weekly market was a scene of inconvenience to traders and customers due to the rain. In Kushalnagar, more than three feet of water has started flowing in the Cauvery river in a day.

In the villages around Guddehosur, continuous rain has been falling since last night, disrupting people's lives. A large amount of water has accumulated in the fields in the low-lying areas. There has been a huge increase in the flow of the Cauvery river. If the rain continues like this, the maximum water flow in the Cauvery river will increase. Harangi and Chiklihole reservoirs are showing signs of filling up again. It has been reported that trees have been uprooted in gardens in some parts of this area. In many parts, forest water has entered villages.

Talakaveri: 11 inches in two days

A total of 11 inches of rain has been reported in Talakaveri area in the last two days. On the 24th, three and a half inches of rain fell in the last 24 hours till 8 am and on the 25th, 7:50 inches of rain fell, totaling 11 inches.

4 inches of rain fell in Galibidu

It rained heavily last night, and Galibidu village near Madikeri received 4 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Roshan Ganapathi of Kombara informed that 120 inches of rain has been received in this area since January. On Saturday - Kodlipete Hobli received good rain from morning to afternoon. It rained with a break from afternoon until evening.

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