Volunteers segregate relief material to be sent to Kodagu area at Kodava Samaj, in Bengaluru
I am Jagath Kalamanda, from virajpet Nisarga layout,I have a service apartment and i can accommodate 50 to 100people—-I am ready to help flood effected people —-if u know such people, who need help ,can contact me 9482769320—08274255214–08274256214—K K Groups of residency
Chandru: 9663725200
Dhanjay: 9449731238
Mahesh: 9480731020
Helicopter helpline number for madikeri. Dear friends for some of the senior citizens those who have no shelter due to the floods can be accommodated in my house at Madikeri.
Anita joshi: 9448647223
I am D devaraj from mysore, I have a resort in kodagu I am ready to help the flood effected people in kodagu so if u have such people who need help please contact me
My adress : dubare road nanjarayapatna, dubare view valley resort
Contact number: 9972963627
I am Dechakka, from ammathi kavadi, I have a home stay and can accommodate 20ppl and more, I am ready to help flood effected ppl… If u know such ppl, who need help, can contact me 9449359267 and 9901315408, Evergreen Estate Homestay.
This is Santhosh from Hotel Maharaja, B.M.Road. Kushalnagar, here we can accommodate 50 people who are affected from floods in and around kushalnagar, Please share my contact number 9980516161 for those who need a shelter.
Anybody stuck in coorg or need any rescue. I request you guys to give them my number. My team is operating there.
Capt Mandanna: 8197948879
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The above are the rescue noâs and few places in coorg where people are ready to accommodate those affected
source: http://www.english.sakshi.com / Sakshi Post / Home> National / August 21st, 2018
The Department of Posts released a special cover on the two-century-old St Anneâs Church in Virajpet on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 225th anniversary of the church.
Church Chief Priest Madalai said that it was the need of the hour to protect historical monuments.
During the release of the special cover at the Taluk Head Post Office in Virajpet, he said that the Church stands testimony to a history of 200 years.
The landmark is one of the tourist destinations in the district. The church being featured in the special cover has encouraged the thought of preserving historical monuments.
Head Post Office, Madikeri, Superintendent S R Nagendra said that the special cover on St Anneâs Church will be available at all post offices across the country from August 8.
Nagendra meanwhile handed over the special cover to Fr Madalai.
Fr Roshan Babu, Fr Isaac Ratnakar and Sr Janet Pinto were present among others.
Kodavas, or Coorgis, living and working in the UAE are uniting together to send relief funds and supplies to their loved ones back home.
The Kodava community in the UAE is in a state of worry and panic as incessant rains in their hometown Coorg has destroyed their homes and infrastructure. Ravaged by rain, Coorg, the rural district in Kerala’s neighbouring state Karnataka, has suffered massive landslides.
Kodavas, or Coorgis, living and working in the UAE are uniting together to send relief funds and supplies to their loved ones back home. There are approximately a little over 250 Kodava community people living in the UAE.
Known for its coffee plantations, Coorg has very rugged terrain, making rescue operations a challenge in the district. Furthermore, according to the Kodavas in the UAE, heavy rains are not uncommon in Coorg. “What has shocked us is the landslides. This has caused massive damage to property,” said Shilpa Chinnappa, a Dubai- based marketing professional.
Her home is in a town called Kakkabe, which is 32km away from the central city of Madikeri. “Another problem Coorg is facing is poor connectivity. There is no cell phone range in a vast area across the entire district of Coorg, so it is hard to connect with people, and if they are stuck, they will not be able to communicate,” said Chinnappa. In her case, her father has been charging phone with a car battery. Residents also said that loads of construction debris and muck has settled into residential houses, and cleaning it out would be a challenge.
The community of Coorgis in the UAE are small. “We’ve been connecting with the community over social media, and several individuals have been sending cash relief.”
She added: “The main challenge is getting rescue operations to Coorg. There are no places to land helicopters.”
Given the current situation, the community has requested for drones to sight if anyone needs any help.
Nithin Chand, another Kodava and civil defence employee who has been living in the UAE for a little over three years,said: “Kaveri river is on the right-side of the road near my home. Even though there is a road that separates the home and the river, due to the back flow of water, my house has been completely flooded,” he said.
“Almost all houses in this area are covered. Agriculture and everything in the area have gone for a toss. Fortunately, my parents shifted to a friend’s place.”
He added: “We are sending supplies and cash contributions because they can use the money back home. District administration has started something called the Kodava Relief Fund, and the state government is also working to repair the damage.”
Prakash Chinnappa Choundira, a Dubai-resident since 2002, said: “Since the outbreak of the floods, Coorg has received very little media attention. Small-time vernacular press has covered our plight and the Kodava Samaj in other major cities in Karnataka are working together to help.” Those interested in sending relief funds and supplies to the Kodavas in Coorg can write to volunteers on this email: teamcoorguae@gmail.com.
dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com
source: http://www.khaleejtimes.com / Khaleej Times / Home> Nation> Dubai / by Dhanusha Gokulan – dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com / August 20th, 2018
Team Coorg Muscat with the trophy and the Chief Guest Dr. Marwan Al Juma, President, Al Ahli Sidab Sports Club Supplied phot
Muscat :
Former hockey champions Team Coorg Muscat upset the local favourites UTSC Muscat 3-2 in a thrilling final to lift the 72nd Independence Day of India Cup which was held at the Al Seeb astro turf stadium.
The tournament organised by the Friends of Naqvi Group and Team Coorg Oman in association with Embassy of India and Oman Hockey Association, under the auspices of Chief Guest Dr. Marwan Al Juma, President, Ahli Sidab Sports Club along with Guest of Honour Yousuf Abdullah Al Wahaibi, vice-president, Seeb Club, Dr. Satish Nambiar, chairman, Indian Social Club and Hockey legend veteran S.A.S. Naqvi.
The colourful event saw all four teams namely UTSC Muscat, Team Coorg Muscat, Team Coorg UAE and Sharjah Road Masters clashing with each other in the preliminary round with the top two teams Team Coorg Muscat and UTSC had playing out the final which went into a penalty shootout after the two teams were locked 1-1 at full time.
During the second half of the game UTSC Muscat went on the rampage and converted a perfect goal and it looked like they were on their way to clinch the trophy when Team Coorg Muscat who struggled for an equalizer, saw unexpected lighting move from their star duo Moni-Nani with the former netting an equaliser at the crucial moment. However, with the equalizer came the penalty shootout in which Team Coorg Muscat kept their cool and converted three out of the five goals while, UTSC Muscat managed only two at the end of the game with the score line reading 3-2 in favour of Team Coorg Muscat who finally laid their hands on the trophy.
Team Coorg Oman and Friends of Naqvi Group thanked the Chairman of Seeb Club His Highness Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Al Said for his great vision, the management and staff of Seeb Club for their support, teams, and the huge gathering that came to witness the wonderful event.
Team Coorg Muscat thanked S.A.S. Naqvi, former technical advisor of Oman Olympic Committee Oman Hockey Association, the sponsors FAP (construction chemicals), Masafi Water and individual sponsors Osama Rawat, Chennappanda Somaiah, Tirta Prasad for their contribution.
During the prize distribution ceremony Team Coorg Muscat honoured S.A.S. Naqvi and Osama Rawat.
source: http://www.timesofoman.com / Times of Oman / Home> Sports / by Times News Service / August 18th, 2018
People from across the city contributed generously to the relief operations that stretched well into the night at the Kodava Samaja site. The relief collection centre saw volunteers from all age groups chipping in.
Kodava Samaja, hub of the Kodava community in Bengaluru, is abuzz with activity. Metrolife visited its relief material collection site in Vasanthnagar on Saturday, and found relief supplies pouring in generously for flood-affected areas in Kodagu.
Incessant rains have claimed 10 lives in this lush Karnataka district, where the river Cauvery originates. Houses have collapsed. People are being moved to safer locations with the help of the army. Entire towns and villages are marooned.
C K Subbaiah, secretary, Kodava Samaja, says the relief operations in Bengaluru are stretching well into the night.
âOn Friday, our relief activities went on till 2 am and we have enough supplies. It is good to see people from across the city coming in to extend their help and support,â he says.
Karun Kalappa, member of the Samaja, feels inspired by the energy of the volunteers.
âPeople from across the city, Bannerghatta Road, Vijayanagar, Electronic City and Rajajinagar, brought in lots of material, varying from sanitary napkins to blankets to even dog food. There are also people from Udupi, Sakleshpur and Tirupati, who have contributed money and material,â says Karun.
The relief collection centre saw volunteers from the age of 8 to 80. Satish Mohapatra, a businessman, was worried about friends stuck in Kodagu.
âI am a part of a riding club and some of our friends were there. Our group has come together to contribute, and help with loading, segregating and transporting relief material. I feel good that I used a weekend for something worthwhile,â he says.
Satish, like many others, is helping pass on information to people in distress. âMy friends and I are part of WhatsApp groups forwarding information about helplines and numbers gathered from Twitter and Facebook. Many people are marooned and we are trying our best to help them reach safe places,â he says.
Amid the hustle and bustle at the centre, many were trying to get information about relatives at relief camps in Kodagu.
Ruchitha Aiyappa, payment specialist with an MNC, heard about the floods through social media but was alarmed when she got messages that her grandparents had to be moved to a relativeâs house.
âWhen distress strikes one personally, it leaves a deeper impact. Knowing that my small efforts help someone in a dire situation makes me feel at peace now. There were a lot of my friends who sent me money to contribute to the funds being collected here,â she says.
Ruchitha says about 30 per cent of volunteers and people donating in kind are non-Kannadigas. âA lot of youngsters, between the age of 15 to 30, come to the centre,â she says.
Mookonda Deepthi Nitin, environment officer in a manufacturing unit, is among the volunteers. She encourages people to be more sensitive to nature.
âI have been telling people the damage seen is not all. I have also been actively coordinating with volunteers in Kodagu through WhatsApp groups to help locate their relatives. I verify messages before passing them on,â she says.
Some like Koppira Darshan Ayanna, IT professional, spent all of Saturday at the Samaja in Vasanthnagar. âWe have enough supplies now and the response is overwhelming. Despite it being a weekend, there were 350 people around on Saturday night. We hope we can overcome this situation together,â he says.
Wish to contribute? Send your contribution to:
Kodava Samaja Flood Relief Fund Blr.
Account number: 1370101084312 IFSC Code: CNRB0001370 Canara Bank. Vasanthanagar Branch
Call Kodava Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru: 080-22260188
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Metrolife / by Tini Sara Anien , DH News Service,Bengaluru / August 19th, 2018
Artists around the country are coming together to render their services in exchange for donations made to the flood relief efforts.
As Kerala and Kodagu in Karnataka reel under heavy flooding, people across the country are making an effort to volunteer, collect relief material or help in some way or the other.
Photographers and artists in Chennai, Bengaluru and other cities are pitching in too â many have joined social media campaigns asking people to donate money for the flood hit areas in return for availing their services for free.
If you look for the âClicks for Keralaâ, âClick for Coorgâ or âDonate for a Portraitâ tags on Instagram, you will come across several artists and profiles, promising everything from caricatures, handmade portraits, family portraits, photoshoots for couples, babies, pets and more.
âDonate for a Portraitâ campaign
Sharmada Nagarajan, a Chennai-based graphic designer, was as distressed as anyone seeing the devastation caused by the floods in Kerala. Wanting to do something about it, she and her friend Priyadarshini, another graphic designer came up with an idea.
They created the âDonate for a Portraitâ where all a person needs to do to earn a caricature, watercolor or digital portrait of themselves, is donate a minimum amount of Rs 750 to Kerala CMâs relief fund. Then they can share the screenshot on social media with the artist in question, and a digital copy of the portrait will be sent to them by the end of the day.
Sharmanda and Priyadarshini
“We only came up with it on Friday afternoon and put it up by evening. Initially it was just 4-5 of us, all batchmates from college who decided to do this. But within no time we got requests from other artists who wanted to join in and be part of the campaign. People from even Delhi, Mumbai and Ahemdabad showed interest,â Sharmada tells TNM.
âWe are 22 people now who are making this effort and the numbers are growing as we speak,â the 23-year-old adds. âI think this is working well because when it comes to selling art itself, people are hesitant to buy it. But a portrait or an artwork of themselves is something that catches their fancy more easily.â
Sharmada and a few others are maintaining an online document where they are keeping track of how many people have contributed and requested portraits, who is making them, and how many of them have been made. âSo far, about 60 people have sent us proof of their contributions and we have raised about Rs 70,000 through this,â she shares.
âClick for Keralaâ and âClick for Coorgâ campaigns
Meanwhile in Bengaluru, a similar conversation was happening in a WhatsApp group of professional photographers in the city. Anbu Jawahar and Ankit Singh, two members of the group had done something similar to âClicks for Keralaâ when the Chennai floods happened in 2015.
The idea behind these two campaigns is similar to Donate for a Portrait â except here, donors have to donate a minimum of Rs 5,000 and according to the amount, they can avail services for a photoshoot.
âWe came up with this three days ago, and we decided to put up a poster on our Instagram stories. We have received messages from photographers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and even Kerala,â shared Elvin Jacob, a 31-year-old photographer in Bengaluru.
Sowmya Mense, another photographer who is taking part in this campaign, originally hails from Kodagu. âMy aunt lost two houses in the flood. I know several other families who have been rendered homeless,â the 36-year-old says.
She put up the âClick for Coorgâ post on her Instagram on Friday and has already received 6 to 7 requests. âThey have sent me the proof of their donation and out of the Rs 23,000 raised, Rs 10,000 I am giving to Kerala relief fund. The rest, once I collate more responses to the campaign, will be given to Coorg,â Sowmya says.
A challenge, both Elvin and Sowmya, say is to work around their bookings for commercial shoots and include the people who have opted for shoots through the campaign. This is why they have a much more decentralized working system â each photographer can accept as many requests as they can manage and there is no centralized tally.
The participating photographers however, are hopeful that more people will come forward so they more funds can reach the affected areas of Kerala and Coorg.
source: http://www.thenewsminute.com / The News Minute / Home> Rains / by Geetika Mantri / August 18th, 2018
Pullangada Rohini Bopanna (Sowmya) from Kodagu has been appointed as a judge by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) for the 9th Womenâs Asia Cup 2017 to be held at Kakamigahara, Japan from Oct. 28 to Nov. 5.
Earlier, Rohini had been appointed as the judge for the South Asian Games held at Guwahati in Assam in February 2016 and for the 4th Womenâs Asian Champions Trophy held in Singapore from Oct. 29, 2016 till Nov. 5.
She is the wife of former international goal keeper Pullangada U. Bopanna and daughter of Nellamakkada Sabu Monnaiah and Devamaji.
Rohini has been actively participating in nationals as well as events held in local region. She was appointed as a technical judge for 7th Hockey India Sub-Junior Womenâs National Championship held at Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu this year for B-Division and as an Assistant Tournament Director for A Division.
She was also appointed as a technical officer for the 7th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship held at Bhopal this year and she was a judge for the Bengaluru Hockey Association All India âAâ Division Super league 2017 (Men).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / October 18th, 2017
The students of Kodagu Model School, Mysuru, participated in the Hobli-level Zonal Sports Meet conducted by the Education Department for Higher Primary School recently and won the runners-up spot in Kho-Kho competition for boys and qualified for Taluk-level.
The shield, medals and certificates were distributed to the students by School Patron K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore and Mysooru Mithra.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports / August 14th, 2018
Brahmagiri Kodava Association, Vijayanagar (3rd & 4th Stages) held its Annual General Body Meeting and annual get-together function recently at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Community Hall in Kodava Samaja, Mysuru.
President of the Association, Ponnachanda Bheemaiah, addressing the members, said the objective of Brahmagiri Kodava Association should not limit itself only to the welfare of members and their family members but also aim at serving the society. He suggested them to plant a few fruit bearing saplings wherever feasible close to their houses and maintain them for a few years.
Stating that a few members of the Association urged him to create a âdata baseâ with the details of voluntary blood donors among the members in the age group of 18 to 55 years, he suggested the name as âBrahmagiri Blood Bank.â He said that the aim of maintaining blood donorsâ details is to locate voluntary blood donors who could immediately donate the required blood to any needy member of the Association in emergency cases.
The President of Brahmagiri Association also lauded the efforts of recently launched âTree Lovers Clubâ in Vijayanagar, headed by Association member Mandetira N. Subramani (President) and Secretary of the Association Appachattolanda Bojappa (Secretary of Tree Lovers Club) for impressing upon the Forest Department in availing over 2,000 flower and fruit bearing tree saplings that were planted in Vijayanagar 3rd Stage and 4th Stage in the past one and a half month.
Those interested in joining the Club as Honorary members or to give their suggestions may send email to: tree.lovers@yahoo.com
During the get-together, various indoor games were organised for members and their family. Meritorious children of members were felicitated with cash awards to motivate them.
Kullachanda Vinutha rendered the invocation and welcomed. Treasurer of the Association Mundotira Changappa proposed a vote of thanks.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> News / August 14th, 2018
WhatsApp group launched by Forest Department staff goes a long way in reducing human deaths
Like many of us, Deputy Range Forest Officer K.M. Devaiah scans his WhatsApp messages every morning. And, they trigger him into instant action. Far from being âgood morningâ messages, these are SOS from estate workers and owners in Ammathi range of Virajpet forest division in Kodagu district seeking his help to clear a wild herd of elephants from their terrain.
A routine act initiated among the Forest Department staff at the beat level, has become the first line of defence for people facing the brunt of conflict with elephants in the coffee plantations of Kodagu.
A WhatsApp group launched by Mr. Devaiah in 2016, with eight guards as members of the group, sharing information on elephant herds, has expanded and is now christened âRapid Response Teamâ.
It has now become the most popular interface between the people and the department in tracking the movement of elephants in the estates around Ammathi.
âEver since the WhatsApp group was launched, we have been on our toes following the herds wherever they are. Our very presence is an indication to the local community that the herds are not far off and they become more alert and cautious,â said Mr. Devaiah.
With almost half a dozen alerts received daily, Mr. Devaiah and his team map the areas of elephant presence and this information is passed on to all stakeholders, who take precautionary measures to stay safe.
A senior forest official said it is a small initiative that has made a big difference at the ground level by minimising human deaths. Between 2011 and 2016 there were about 8 to 10 human deaths reported every year. But in 2017, the number of human deaths was down to one or two and there have been none so far in 2018, the official added.
However, the authorities admit that in the perception of the public, the larger issue â of the presence of elephants in plantations and estates and threat posed by them â remain, and this is only a temporary reprieve.
But given the potential to reduce loss of life, the model is now being replicated across the district.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States> Karnataka / by R. Krishna Kumar / Mysuru – August 13th, 2018
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