Monsoon gained momentum in Dakshina Kannada with the region receiving intermittent rains on Monday. In the last 24 hours, Sullia received the highest of 43.4 mm rainfall, followed by Mangalore—15.2 mm, Moodbidri—13.2 mm Bantwal—14.8 mm, Puttur—11.4 mm.

The rain brought the much-needed relief from the scorching heat for the people.
“If the region continues to receive rain, we can start agriculture activities,” said a farmer. The roof of a house collapsed at Kumpala Hanuman Nagara in Someshwara Gram Panchayat limits, following rain on Monday. The house belongs to Pushpa.

To invoke the blessings of rain god, seers from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala conducted ‘parjanya japayajna,’ at Talacauvery (the birthplace of River Cauvery) in Kodagu district on Monday.

There was drizzling in Talacauvery, Madikeri, Napoklu, Gonikoppa, Virajpet and Kutta. The inflow of water to the Harangi reservoir was 221 cusecs. It was 8050 cusecs during the corresponding period last year.

In Shimoga

Parts of Shimoga district received moderate rain on Monday. In the past 24 hours, Shimoga received 2.2 mm of rain followed by Bhadravathi (1.8 mm), Thirthahalli (1.6 mm) and Sagar (0.6 mm).
DH News Service

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / Mangalore – Madikeri, DHNS – July 08th, 2014