Tremors continue at Kogre, villagers panicked

Vartha Bharati | 12-08-2018 | 21:35:00 IST

Chikmagaluru, August 12: Residents of Kogre and surrounding villages in Koppa taluk of the district again experienced the tremors on Sunday and it has pressed the panic button in the region.

The residents heard a big sound on Sunday at around 3pm at Shanthigrama, Attakudige, Bettadakolalu, Byredevaru and others villages in Megunda hobli limits in the taluk. Because of the tremors, the utensils at the houses fell down and this situation has forced the people to go out of their houses. Within a week, these villages experienced such tremors third time, it is said.

Local people said that they have experienced the earthquake at Abbikallu near Kogre. They said that the earth was trembled for a few seconds. Now, they are not ready to go inside the houses and sleep because of this repeated shakes. In the last four months, they heard huge sounds like bomb explosion below the earth for more than 100 times in these villages. The villagers were fed up with the developments. Following repeated complaints, Koppa tahsildar and his team visited the Kogre village and inspected a cave near the village temple. But they have failed to come to a conclusion.

Though the villagers have submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner to inspect the situation and find safety measures, no action was taken so far, the villagers alleged.