The car lost control and fell into the canal, the driver died

An accident took place in which a car fell into Visvesvaraya Nale at Tibbanahalli under Shivalli Police Station in Mandya Taluk and the driver died.

A man named Lokesh from Shivalli village of Mandya had taken a car to his friend Mohan yesterday saying that he wanted to go to Mysore. Now this incident took place while going from Shivalli to Tibbanahalli to return the car.

The car fell into the canal because the canal had no barrier. Lokesh, the driver of the car, has gone missing. The car got submerged due to high water in the canal. Now the car has been lifted and intensive search is on for the missing Lokesh. The case took place under the jurisdiction of Shivalli Police Station.

Nalvadi Krishnaraja of Mysore Kingdom built Krishnaraja Sagar Dam for irrigation project and arranged irrigation to many districts including Mandya. However, even after 75 years, the government has not built proper barriers for the canals built during the time of the Maharajas. Due to the neglect of the government by not constructing roads and barriers on the side of the canal, buses, cars and other vehicles have been falling into the canal and deaths are being reported.