Kodagu: Amid heavy rains, district administration imposes ban venturing into rivers, waterfalls
Madikeri: The district administration has imposed a ban on venturing into rivers, waterfalls and going near other water bodies in the midst of intensified rains.
Deputy Commissioner Venkat Raja has issued a precautionary order to prevent the public and tourists from entering water bodies, including waterfalls, streams, rivers, public lakes, dams, and reservoirs, due to the heavy rains across Kodagu district.
Meanwhile, heavy rains are affecting various parts of Kodagu district, causing trees and branches to uproot and fall, and several areas are witnessing persistent power outages.
A huge tree fell near Devarakolli on the Madikeri-Sampaje National Highway, obstructing vehicular traffic. Another tree fell across the highway near Kutta on the Kodagu-Kerala border. The Forest Department, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company officials, and local bodies are carrying out operations to clear fallen trees and repair disrupted electricity supply.
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This comes in the wake of increasing incidents of accidental deaths of tourists in rivers and waterfalls in recent times.
In the meantime, The water level at the Harangi Reservoir on July 3 stood at 2,842.27 feet, the maximum limit of the reservoir is 2,859 feet. Rainfall at the Harangi Reservoir was recorded at 1.20 mm today, compared to 4.80 mm on the same day last year. Water inflow today was 1,649 cusecs and outflow was 200 cusecs, compared to 30 cusecs on the same day last year.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
