Kodagu; Magnitude of earthquake not recorded in Richter scale: Geologist
Madikeri, July 09: As the magnitude of the earthquake occurred in Kodagu district was less than 1, it was not recorded in the Richter scale, clarified senior geologist Reshma.
There was a possibility of such incidents as it was raining heavily in the district for the last couple of days. But there are no symptoms of any such incidents in the next 24 hours in the district as per the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre officers, she said.
The district had experienced the same kind of incident in 2013, no damage was caused. Though there is a Richter scale to gauge the magnitude of earthquake at Harangi in the district, it is not functioning. As a result, the district has dependent on Bengaluru centre if such incident happened.
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PWD, Google Maps officials booked in Bareilly bridge death case
Budaun (UP), Nov 25: Police here have booked officials of the Public Works Department and Google Maps in connection with the death of three men whose car rolled over an under-construction bridge while following directions on the navigation app, an officer on Monday said.
The car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge in Dataganj Police Station area early Sunday.
Nitin and Ajit, aged 30, both brothers from Farrukhabad district, and Amit, 40, from Mainpuri district, were on their way from Noida to Faridpur in Bareilly to attend a wedding.
According to police, the driver was led by Google Maps into taking the unsafe route.
The incident took place on the Bareilly-Budaun border.
Dataganj Police Station SHO Gaurav Bishnoi said an FIR on charges of laxity in duty and others was filed against four engineers of the PWD, along with some unknown people.
The regional officer of Google Map has also been brought under the scope of investigation. His name is yet to be included in the FIR.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Google in a statement said, "Our deepest sympathies go out to the families. We're working closely with the authorities and providing our support to investigate the issue."
On Sunday, Faridpur Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said, "Earlier this year, floods caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse onto the river, but this change had not been updated in the system."
He said the bridge had no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach.
