Rain pounded several parts of South Karnataka, causing damage to crops and inundating homes. There were reports of heavy rain from parts of North Karnataka too, particularly Dharwad district.
The bund of KRS Right Bank Canal that breached at 15 km in Srirangapatna taluk in Mandya district inundating fields in the vicinity, which was eventually repaired. The breach, which was noticed at Hosa Anandur after Sunday’s heavy rain, is said to have damaged standing crops in several acres of land and the exact loss is being estimated by the authorities concerned.
Sources in the Irrigation Department said heavy rain caused the breach but there was no damage to the concrete wall of the canal, which was overflowing as surplus water from breached lakes near Belagola and villages in Mysuru taluk (adjoining Srirangapatna taluk) entered the canal. No water was released into the canal from the dam, said sources. Engineers from the Cauvery Neeravari Nigama visited the fields.
