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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I am back home: All England missed, Sindhu lands back in Bengaluru from Dubai
Bengaluru (PTI): Two-time Olympic medal-winning Indian badminton star P V Sindhu, who was stranded in Dubai due to closure of airspace in the Gulf region, has returned to the country after pulling out of the All England Championships in Birmingham.
Sindhu posted on X to announce that she is back in the city.
"Back home in Bangalore and safe. The last few days have been intense and uncertain, but I'm truly grateful to be back to my house," she posted.
"A heartfelt thank you to the incredible ground teams, Dubai authorities, airport staff, immigration, and every single person who stepped up and took such good care of us during a very difficult time. The empathy and professionalism meant more than words can say.
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"For now, it's time to rest, reset, and figure out the next steps," she added.
The former world champion was on her way to Birmingham via Dubai, when she was stranded after the flight operations were suspended in the Gulf region following the US and Israeli bombing of Iran.
Iran subsequently retaliated, hitting Dubai as well.
"Moments like these remind you how fragile normal life really is," she had posted on February 28 while revealing some details of her ordeal, which included an explosion near her place of stay.
She had described the experience as "extremely tense and scary moment" for her and her team, including Indonesian coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama.
