Kerala rain brings bountiful flow to Kabini dam

DHNS
September 19, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 19: Heavy rain in Wayanad district of Kerala has substantially increased the inflow to the Kabini reservoir in HD Kote taluk, Mysuru district.

With only two feet left for the Kabini reservoir to reach its maximum level, farmers of the region are a happy lot. While the maximum water level of the dam is 2,284 ft, it stood at 2281.50 ft on Monday.

The inflow to the dam has increased to 16,500 cusecs. The dam is expected to reach the brim soon. The outflow is 15,000 cusecs.

Kabini reservoir executive engineer Jagadish told DH that the capacity of the dam was 19.5 tmc ft and the current storage was 17.5 tmc ft. The dam is expected to reach the maximum level in the next two days, he said.

Heavy showers lashed across Kodagu district on Monday. Virajpet, Gonikoppa, Perumbadi, Kutta, Makutta and Srimangala experienced bountiful rain. As a result, rivers and rivulets are getting copious flow.

Holiday was declared for schools and colleges in Virajpet taluk. Napoklu, Chattimani, Bhagamandala and Talacauvery experienced intermittent rain. The devotees who had come for the Pushkara snana (holy dip) in River Cauvery faced inconvenience. In the last 24 hours (ending 8.30 am on Monday), Madikeri received 79.4 mm, Virajpet 104.4 mm, Bhagamandala 71 mm rainfall. The inflow of water to Harangi reservoir has increased to 3,595 cusecs.

Heavy rain lashed the Malnad region of Shivamogga district intermittently on Monday. Hosanagar and Thirthahalli received heavy rain intermittently since morning. Shivamogga, Bhadravathi and other parts of the district received moderate rain.

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Mohan
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017

See the image. That kid enjoying.

Hari
 - 
Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017

Till last week everybody blamed lack of rain. Now will blame heavy rain

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Mangaluru, Mar 25 : Taking into account surge of COVID-19  cases in neighbouring districts, Dakshina Kannada district administration has decided to suspend retail sales at Central Market in Mangaluru and public will not be allowed to purchase at Central Market from Thursday.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: With the results of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main) out, it is celebration time at CFAL (Centre for Advanced Learning), Mangalore’s top training institute as 12 of its students have secured above 99 percentile, out of 120 students who appeared at the prestigious national examination held in January this year. The students are: Kaustubh Rao (99.79), Ujwal Kumar (99.77), Dheeraj Kamath (99.74), Pramod Rao (99.68), Santhosh M (99.59), Mohan Nayak (99.49), Rihan D’silva (99.43), Rishan D’silva (99.41), Pranav Rao (99.41), Aamod BK (99.29), Anmol J Shetty (99.22) and Madhura Sabhahit (99.083).

Apart from the above students, 8 students have scored above 98 percentile, the details of the students are: D.K. Goutham (98.67), Tejah S.S. (98.49), Akash Shetty (98.4), Tejas Bhat K (98.34), Ninaad PS (98.31), Shreepoorna Rao (98.3), K. Annapoorna Prabhu (98.3) and Rakshith Sajjan (98.2). The results of many more students are awaited.

A total of 8,69,010 students had appeared in the said exam from across India. The students who have attempted the JEE Main exam in January can attempt the exams again in April to better their percentile. Students who clear JEE Main qualify for JEE Advanced and are eligible for seats at the NIT’s and other top institutions of the country.

JEE – The most challenging undergraduate admission test

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted this year by National Testing Agency (NTA) is a national level examination for students to qualify and pursue engineering degree at under graduate level. Paper 1 is held for BE/B.Tech admissions and Paper 2 for B. Arch/B. Planning. JEE Main is a critical criterion for admission in India’s most prestigious and elite universities like IITs and NIT’s.

Those students who clear JEE Main can take the JEE advanced – which is a pre-requisite requirement for admission in the Indian Institute of Technology and Indian School of Mines (Dhanbad)

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The training at CFAL consists of defined hours of classes, tests and mock exams, unique course material, experienced professors and hence is the first choice for students appearing for STEM examinations including JEE, NTSE, KYPY, OLYMPIADS etc.  The centre was established with the intention of giving students of Mangalore information, guidance and tools required to qualify the competitive exams. However, the main aim of CFAL is to inculcate passion for Math and Science learning among students and to encourage research and innovation in the subjects.

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