Water supply hampered to Mangaluru as water level increased in Netravati river: Mayor
Mangaluru, August 17: Mayor Bhaskar Moily said that water supply to the city was hampered as the water level in the Tumbe dam is increased due to flood situation in Netravati river.
After visiting the newly constructed Tumbe dam along with deputy mayor Muhammad K, standing committee presidents and officials on Friday, he told media persons that as the water level was increased to 9.1 mts in the dam, pumping was stopped on Thursday night. But late night, pumping was started. Mescom was supplying power to the Tumbe dam from Bantwala sub-station. The power line passed below near the dam and when the water level increased to 9.1 mts in the dam, the power line would touch the water. So, as a precautionary measure, the MESCOM would disconnect the power supply as soon as the water level increased to 8.5 mts height due to which water supply was hampered, he said.
On August 14 night, the water level in the dam was increased to 8.2 mts and the MESCOM had disconnected the power supply. On August 15 from 3.45 am to 7.10 am, the water level again rose to 8.8 mts and on August 16 at 6.35 pm, the water level increased to 8.9 mts. As the power connection was hampered during this time, water was not pumped. On Friday morning, the water level came down to 7.9 mts and water pumping was started. As and when the water level increased in the dam, the water supply to Mangaluru city, Ullala and Bantwala get disruption in water supply, he said.
Tumbe gets record 11.9 mts water level!
Presently, there was no problem due to increase in water level in the dam. In 1974, Tumbe old dam had recorded 11.9 mts water level which is the highest water level recorded in the history of the dam, he said.
City Corporation chief whip Shashidhar Hegde, standing committee presidents Praveen Chandra Alva, and Naveen D’Souza, corporator Deepak Poojary, Commissioner Muhammad Nazeer, officers Linge Gowda and Naresh Shenoy were present.
Poligio fibre bags to check collapse of dam retention wall!
The retention wall of the Tumbe dam pump house was collapsed in some places. Around six months ago, around 35 mts long retention wall was collapsed and now, another 20 mts was damaged. In order to stop this temporarily, poligio fibre bags (huge sand-filled bags) which were placed in the sea erosion places in Ullala, would be placed. The experts of the Hyderabad-based company which laid the bags at Ullala, visited the Tumbe dam on Thursday and reviewed the situation. Once they give the proposal, the work to lay the sand bags would start by December. The work has to take up when the water level decreased to 4 mts. In order to construct permanent retention wall, the city corporation would require Rs 15 crore and the corporation has submitted a proposal for Rs 10 crore to the government, said deputy mayor Muhammad K.
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Woman hangs self in Delhi, man found dead in Ghaziabad house after marital spat
New Delhi, Jan 11: A woman was found hanging from a pole in northeast Delhi while her husband committed suicide at their house in neighbouring Ghaziabad following a fight on Friday, police said.
Shivani (28) and Vijay Pratap Chauhan (32) lived in Loni, Ghaziabad, they said.
The couple had a fight earlier in the day and Shivani left the house. She hanged herself from the electric pole near the Loni roundabout in Delhi, around 8 km from her house, police said.
The incident came to light when local police received information about the hanging. Upon reaching the scene, police found a mobile phone in Shivani's pocket which was switched off, they said.
"The device was switched on and the woman's family members were contacted and informed about her death. During the investigation, it was revealed that her husband had also committed suicide at their residence," a police officer said.
According to police, no suicide note has been found yet.
A crime and forensic team inspected the scene, confirming no other injuries on the woman's body, police said.
