Mysuru: Two leading farmer leaders died in an accident on the road due to low visibility while some of the NH-75 surrendered because heavy rains continued to sweep the Malnad region.
Shiradi Ghat was closed for traffic on Thursday; NHAI officials refused to determine when improvements could be resolved.
The Dam in Cauvery Basin continues to receive good inflows and Bhadra flows on a sign of danger in several places in the Chikkamagaluru district.
The Hebbale Bridge has sunk, cut the road network between Kalasa and Horanadu.
The road link between Balehonnur and Kalasa has also been cut off.
The accident was reported in early morning when the car crashed into a tree in Halenahalli on the outskirts of Chikkamagaluru.
Two leaders of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha – Ramaswamy, 70, from Ramanagara District and Ramanna, 55, from Belur in Hassan – killed during the driver, Manjunath from Bellurs, police said, police said.
Chikkamagaluru police said the three were heading home after attending a commemoration of a farmer in Navalagund in Dharwad on Wednesday.
“The accident occurred because of low visibility after morning rain,” said Chikkamagaluru SP Hakay Akshay Machhindra.
In Hassan, the district government moved quickly to ban traffic in Shiradi Ghat when the highway surrendered near Donigal at Sakleshpur Taluk, stopping the flow of vehicles between Bengaluru and Mangaluru.
They have been diverted towards Charmadi Ghat via Belur and Mudigere.
Small landslides were reported in the same place where the four-track construction work was taken last year.
Locals said the road began developing cracks when heavy rains began at 4:30 p.m.
on Wednesday.
Nhai has begun to work restoration but it is unclear when traffic can continue.
The water level in the dam: in the district along the Cauvery Basin, heavy rain continues to push the water level in a large dam.
KRS Dam near Mysuru crossed the 102ft sign and had a 15,000 cusec water inflow.
Entering Kabini Dam in MySuru was taken after a week, with a reservoir closer to 10,000 cusecs.
The Dam Authority maintains water levels at 2.280ft, against a maximum of 2.284ft, taking into account the fluctuations in incoming flow.
Inflow to the Dam Harai in Kodagu Regency also increased.
The authorities released 10,378 cusec water to the dam, which caused a flood in Kudige, where the river joined Cauvery.
During the last 24 hours, the average rainfall in this district was 74.5 mm, with Somwarpet’s taluk received 89.5 mm high rainfall, followed by 77.5 mm in Madikeri Taluk.