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Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI) A search operation was launched after a class 10 student from Kerala went missing during a family trip to Manikyadhara Falls in the Chandradrona hill range, police said on Wednesday. The girl was part of a group of around 40 relatives who had travelled from Palakkad, officials added. According to police, she went missing at around 5.30 pm on Tuesday while at the falls with her family. The family searched for her until about 8 pm before informing the authorities. After receiving the report, police and forest department personnel launched a search operation in the area, a senior officer said. The search continued through the night, he added. Thermal drones were deployed to locate the girl until around 4.30 am. Disaster management teams joined the operation on Wednesday morning, and the search is ongoing, the officer said. He noted that the area is usually crowded and expressed hope that the girl would be found soon. The officer also cited a recent incident in Kodagu district, where a 36-year-old woman from Kerala went missing while trekking in the Tadiandamol hills and was later traced and reunited with her family. PTI AMP SSK
New Delhi: A woman tourist from Kerala has gone missing in the Tadiandamol hills of Karnataka's Kodagu district, prompting an intensive search operation involving drones and forest personnel. GS Sharanya, a 36-year-old IT professional, had travelled alone and was staying at a private homestay in Kakkabe village, according to PTI. She went missing earlier this week during a trek in the forested region. Search operation intensified Authorities have launched a major search effort to trace Sharanya. Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said additional teams and drones have been deployed to ...Read More >
A 15-year-old girl from Kerala, who was part of a 40-member trekker group, has gone missing in the Chandradrona mountain range in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district, officials said on Wednesday, and added that search teams were scouring the difficult terrain for her. Nandana, a resident of Palakkad, was reported missing days after another Kerala trekker, Sharanya, was found in nearby Kodagu four days after going missing. Nandana had travelled to Chikkamagaluru with her family on holiday and jo ...Read More >
CHIKKAMAGALURU: A Class 10 student from Kerala has gone missing in the Chandradrona Hill ranges in Chikkamagaluru district, prompting an intensive multi-agency search operation, officials said on Wednesday. The incident comes days after a woman from Kerala, Sharanya, who went missing in the Tadiandamol hills near Madikeri, was traced safely after four days. The missing girl, identified as Srinanda from Palakkad, had travelled to Chikkamagaluru with her family as part of a tourist group. She went missing near Manikyadhara waterfalls in the Bababudangiri Hills on Tuesday evening. According to ...Read More >
Madikeri (Karnataka), Apr 8 (PTI) The BJP on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the case of Kerala trekker GS Sharanya, who went missing for three days and was later found. Members of the BJP's Kodagu unit lodged a complaint at the Napoklu police station, seeking a probe and stating that the case appeared suspicious. Sharanya, who had gone on a trek to Tadiandamol hill near Kakkabbe, went missing and was later found on Sunday following a search operation by the police, forest department, and residents. Kodagu BJP leader P Danoj submitted a complaint to the Station House Office ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 5 (PTI) A 36-year-old woman who went missing while trekking in the Tadiandamol hills of Kodagu district four days ago has been found, the office of Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Sunday. Official sources said she is safe and is being brought back. G S Sharanya had travelled alone from Kerala for the trek and was staying at a private homestay in Kakkabe village. She had set out for the high mountain range of Tadiandamol hills on April 2 with a guide and 15 other trekkers, but went missing that afternoon. Earlier, the minister said additional personnel and dr ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Kerala), Apr 6 (PTI) She stayed four days alone in a rain-soaked forest, with no food, mobile phone going dry and only fireflies to keep her company. Kerala trekker G S Sharanya, who was successfully traced in the deep forests of Tadiandamol hills in Karnataka's Kodagu district on Sunday night after losing her way during trekking, says she wants to go into forest again. She emerged from the wild not with fear, but with a story etched in resilience and quiet wonder. While speaking from her home in Nadapuram here, the 36-year-old IT professional from Kozhikode said on Monday that t ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 5 (PTI) A 36-year-old woman, who went trekking at Tadiandamol hills in Kodagu district, has gone missing inside the forest. Additional personnel and drone cameras have been deployed to search for her, Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre said on Sunday. He said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, expressing concern about the young woman's disappearance, instructed that search operations be intensified. G S Sharanya had come alone from Kerala for the trek and stayed at a private homestay in Kakkabe village. She had gone to the high mountain range of Tadiandamol hills in Kodagu wi ...Read More >