Heavy Rains: Three dead so far in Chikmagalur district; 92 houses severely damaged
Chikamagalur: In Coffenadu, the monsoon arrived later than usual this year, but the past month has been marred by severe calamities caused by heavy rainfall. A staggering 97 houses in the district have been completely destroyed, and tragically, three lives have been lost. Additionally, the torrential rains have wreaked havoc on the region's crops, with 61.73 hectares of horticultural crops and 5815 hectares of agricultural crops suffering damage due to the combination of heavy rainfall and inadequate precipitation.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a video conversation with the District Collector, Zilla Panchayat CEO regarding the heavy rains and the district administration provided complete information about the losses in the district. According to the information provided by the district administration to the state government, three people have died in the rain so far in the district.
Mukesh of Ganjikere village, Lakkavali Hobali of Tarikere taluk was killed by lightning on July 11, while Kochiho of Ambedkar Nagar, Devammaju of Daradahalli in Ambedkar nagar of Mudigere Taluk died after falling to a stream on July 19. Both the deceased have been given compensation. On June 25, Revamma of Hossiddarahalli of Kadur taluk, was found dead after being washed away in the stream. The compensation will be given after the post-mortem report.
Damage to 97 houses across the district: Due to rain, 97 houses in the district completely collapsed and were damaged. Houses were Totally damaged, in Mudigere taluk 4 houses, 3 in Chikmagalur taluk, 1 house in Koppa.
There were 26 minor damages in the district, 5 in Chikmagalur taluk, 3 in Mudigere, 2 in Koppa, 5 in NR Pura, 6 in Kadur, 3 in Tarikere and 2 in Kalasa. 652 houses were partially damaged across the district, 12 in Chikmagalur taluk, 9 in Mudigere, 8 in Sringeri, 9 in Koppa, 8 in NR pura, 2 in Kadur Tarikere, 3 in Ajjapur and 5 in Kalasa taluk.
A total of 61.73 hectares of horticulture crops grown by 183 farmers in the district were damaged. In Chikmagalur taluk one farmer owns 0.59 hectare, 59 farmers in Kadur 25.60 hectare, 10 people in Koppa taluk 3 hectares, 25 people in Narapur own 4.40 hectare, 5 farmers in Sringeri own 1.20 hectare, 51 people in Tarikere own 16.34 hectare, 31 farmers in Ajjampara own 10.60 hectare of horticulture crop was damaged.
The seeds sown by 6600 farmers of the Agriculture Department in 5815 hectare area have been damaged due to lack of timely rains. 1351 hectares in Chikmagalur taluk, 1365 hectares in Kadur and 1470 hectares in Tarikere taluk have been damaged.
80.21 km of road belonging to the Public Works Department was damaged and 36.92 crores was incurred as the road was damaged. 53.20 km in Chikmagalur Taluk with a loss of about 11.90 crore, 9.55 crore loss was recorded for 1 km of road in Mudigere, 411 km for Koppa with loss of 5.27 crore, Sringeri a stretch of 10.70 km loss of 3.70 crore, Narasimharajapura 0.70 km road incurring loose of 6 crore, 10.50 km road in Kadur was damaged causing a loss of 50 lakhs. Meanwhile In the Zilla Panchayat Engineering Department, Chikmagalur Taluk, the following road lengths have been damaged: 10.15 km road in Koppa, incurring a loss of 2.21 crore rupees, 6.05 km road in Koppa, causing a loss of 1.25 crore rupees, 124.50 km road in Moodigere, resulting in a loss of 9.95 crore rupees, 5.10 km road in N.R. Pura, with a loss of 6.87 crore rupees, 46 km road in Shringeri, leading to a loss of 3.63 crore rupees.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
