hassanmandyamadikeri heavy rain damaged the fort gate atop vindyagiri where the statue of lord gommateshwara is situated in shravanabelagola in hassan district due to which devotees could not climb the steps to reach the abode of lord bahubali which has happened after many years as several boulders fell the authorities stopped devotees from climbing the steps of vindhyagiri which is a heritage siteaccording to locals bekkadakere a sacred pond the water of which is used for the kalasa puje and the mahamastakabhisheka for lord gommateshwara overflowed from the east side on wednesday following heavy rain and increased water flow in the canalfor the first time in the last 60 years this pond has overflowed locals said boulders fell between vadegal basadi and brahamadevara gudi the fort gate which was damaged in the rain has a history of 200 years the asi and tourism department have been briefed about the incident said officials senior officials and local mla c n balakrishna visited the spot and reviewed the situationmeanwhile the rain situation worsened in mandya district with many lakes breaching the maximum level traffic between mysuru and bengaluru was diverted from maddur via bharati nagara and malavalli after the maddur lake overflowed vehicles arriving from bengaluru were diverted to the km doddimandya road the kolli circle in the town got waterlogged the lake water entered hundreds of houses in the lowlying areas traffic on the kikkerikr pet road was disrupted after the amani lake overflowed the sollepura lake also overflowed causing floods in the area the adake katte lake also overflowed while the famous amani lake in kikkeri reached the maximum levelthe power supply was disrupted in most parts of the district with many electrical poles and transformers getting damaged in the flood water officials are struggling to reestablish power connection due to flooding the highest damage was reported in maddur kr pet and malavalli taluks in the districtin kodagu district the district administration is planning a temporary alternative road after the madikerimangaluru road got damaged cracks have developed on the road between devaracolli and koyanadu heavy rain caused landslides in many places on tuesday night the pwd is in the process of building a temporary road nearby to prevent further damage to the road even a bridge constructed by krdcl across the payaswini river in koyanadu is posing a danger in sample village a house was damaged due to a landslide in dabbadka village as well a house was damaged due to a landslide meanwhile five houses were damaged in kadamakal village at galibeedu due to a landslide caused by heavy rain mla appachu ranjan visited the spotthe harangi dam authorities have announced that water will be released to the left and right bank canals till august 16hassan district incharge minister k gopalaiah visited shravanabelagola with senior officials of the district administration directions have been issued to start the repair works at the earliest works will begin from tomorrow he said the archaeological survey of india has been instructed to take