Somwarpet

Somwarpet Taluk of Kodagu district in Karnataka has been badly hit by landslides. Homes vanished under mud, and searches are still on for the missing. A shelter near Madapura village is the temporary, muddy, home now for hundreds of people from neighbouring villages and workers on coffee plantations.

About 200 people were taken ill and 62 of them including the bride were hospitalised for symptoms of food poisoning at Madikeri and Somwarpet after they had feast at a marriage, the police said.    Doctors said the people fell sick after having food at a wedding at Somwarpet on the night of January 30.   While eight people,...

Somwarpet Taluk of Kodagu district in Karnataka has been badly hit by landslides. Homes vanished under mud, and searches are still on for the missing. A shelter near Madapura village is the temporary, muddy, home now for hundreds of people from neighbouring villages and workers on coffee plantations.

About 200 people were taken ill and 62 of them including the bride were hospitalised for symptoms of food poisoning at Madikeri and Somwarpet after they had feast at a marriage, the police said.    Doctors said the people fell sick after having food at a wedding at Somwarpet on the night of January 30.   While eight people,...