<p>Madikeri: Vehicles lined up for several hours at Sampaje checkpost on Thursday night following ban on the movement of vehicles from 8 pm to 6 am on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/madikeri">Madikeri</a>-<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mangaluru">Mangalore</a> National Highway after the landslide at Karthoji.</p><p>People who were not aware of the ban order, had started-off from Mangaluru and had to wait at Sullia.</p><p>They were asking the checkpost personnel how they are supposed to stay in the vehicles till morning without food and water.</p>.Red alert sounded in Kodagu on Thursday; holiday declared.<p><strong>DC visits Karadigodu village</strong></p><p>Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkatraj paid a visit to Karadigodu village in Siddapura which has been facing the threat of floods, on Friday night.</p><p>The DC asked the families dwelling in the river bank to immediately shift to the relief centre.</p><p>He meanwhile inspected the facilities at the relief centre opened at Swarnamala Kalyana Mantapa.</p><p>Superintendent of Police K Ramarajan, Zilla Panchayat CEO Anand Prakash Meena were present.</p><p>Six flood affected families in various villages in Kushalnagar were provided food kits by Madikeri MLA Dr Mantar Gowda.</p><p><strong>Crops damaged</strong></p><p>Owing to floods in River Cauvery, agricultural crops have been damaged in Huluse, Hebbale and surrounding villages in Hebbale Gram Panchayat limits in Kushalnagar.</p><p>Farmers complained that there has been a significant rise in the amount of water released from Harangi reservoir and the overflowing water has gushed into the fields in the neighbouring regions Huduguru, Mallenahalli, Madalapura Kaladevana Hosuru.</p><p>Apart from ginger, corn, areca, and coconut getting damaged, the fertile soil in the fields too are being washed away, they said and demanded compensation by the government.</p>
<p>Madikeri: Vehicles lined up for several hours at Sampaje checkpost on Thursday night following ban on the movement of vehicles from 8 pm to 6 am on <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/madikeri">Madikeri</a>-<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/mangaluru">Mangalore</a> National Highway after the landslide at Karthoji.</p><p>People who were not aware of the ban order, had started-off from Mangaluru and had to wait at Sullia.</p><p>They were asking the checkpost personnel how they are supposed to stay in the vehicles till morning without food and water.</p>.Red alert sounded in Kodagu on Thursday; holiday declared.<p><strong>DC visits Karadigodu village</strong></p><p>Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkatraj paid a visit to Karadigodu village in Siddapura which has been facing the threat of floods, on Friday night.</p><p>The DC asked the families dwelling in the river bank to immediately shift to the relief centre.</p><p>He meanwhile inspected the facilities at the relief centre opened at Swarnamala Kalyana Mantapa.</p><p>Superintendent of Police K Ramarajan, Zilla Panchayat CEO Anand Prakash Meena were present.</p><p>Six flood affected families in various villages in Kushalnagar were provided food kits by Madikeri MLA Dr Mantar Gowda.</p><p><strong>Crops damaged</strong></p><p>Owing to floods in River Cauvery, agricultural crops have been damaged in Huluse, Hebbale and surrounding villages in Hebbale Gram Panchayat limits in Kushalnagar.</p><p>Farmers complained that there has been a significant rise in the amount of water released from Harangi reservoir and the overflowing water has gushed into the fields in the neighbouring regions Huduguru, Mallenahalli, Madalapura Kaladevana Hosuru.</p><p>Apart from ginger, corn, areca, and coconut getting damaged, the fertile soil in the fields too are being washed away, they said and demanded compensation by the government.</p>