Incessant heavy to very heavy rainfall is lashing Kodagu since the last four days bringing untold misery to the people of the hilly district. While last year’s havoc of floods and landslides — a result of a series of cloudbursts — was concentrated in Madikeri and Somwarpet Taluks, this year the scene has shifted to South Kodagu. All the small rivers and rivulets in city areas of Murnad, Napoklu, Gonikoppal and Ponnampet are looking like endless muddy oceans, flooding roads, bridges and houses on either side.
Here is a photo feature on rains in the birthplace of Cauvery where Star of Mysore photographers fold up their pants, wear protective jackets and unfurl umbrellas to protect their cameras to bring you some of the disaster images.
