Bantwal: Netravathi River back to normal after exceeding 'danger mark' for two days
Bantwal: Netravathi River which was overflowing and had crossed the danger mark due to continuous rainfall in Western Ghats and Coastal Karnataka, is now flowing within the range since Sunday morning.
The river on Friday night and Saturday morning had touched water level at 11.7 meters, much more than safety mark of 8.5 meters raising concerns for local residents. But the river was flowing at 10.7 meters on Saturday evening while further scaled down to 10.5 meters at night.
On Sunday morning Bantwal Tahsildar Rashmi SR informed that the river was flowing at 9.1 meters on as the rainfall had decreased.
The traffic movement that was stopped on road between Bantwal-Dharmasthala due to water logging on road has now been open for traffic as the water level has been decreasing overnight.
Families in the local residential areas who were evacuated have also returned home on Sunday.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
