Flood threat in Mysore district as crest gate of dam breaks

Mysore, Oct 7 (UNI) Authorities have issued flood warning in H D Kote taluk in this district, following a breach in Taraka dam, built across Kabini river and gushing of water from midnight.

Cauvery Irrigation Corporation Executive Engineer S J Dharanendra Kumara told UNI one of the three crest gate was washed away in the flood water and about 1.7 TMC of water has flown into down stream of Kabini.

He said that following the incident people living in low lying areas have been asked to more to safer places.

No loss of life was reported. However, large tracts of standing crop, mainly paddy, had been either destroyed or submerged.

People in the nearby Hirehalli, who heard the huge sound, moved their live stock and valuables in time before water entered their village. A farm house was completely destroyed while a temple was fully submerged.

The dam which was constructed in 1983 to irrigate 17,400 acres of land had filled up for the first time this season since its completion. Technicians from Davangere who had erected the crest gates had been summoned.

Meanwhile, local MLA M P Venkatesh, who visited the affected Hirehalli this morning was manhandled by irate villagers accusing him of not taking steps to construct more dams.

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