Heavy rain in Dakshina Kannada & Udupi Districts caused damage to several properties

Heavy rain in Dakshina Kannada & Udupi Districts caused damage to several properties

July 11:  Heavy rain lashed different parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts since Tuesday night.  This led to a dip in mercury level and an increase in the water-level in the Nethravathi, Phalguni and Kumaradhara rivers in the district.
A house was partially damaged when a wall collapsed at Parapade 3rd Cross at Akasha Bhavana. The asbestos sheet of the house was damaged. Two houses were damaged at Kulavooru in Bajpe. The asbestos sheet of another house flew off at Attepadavu due to which the walls of the house are also damaged. A huge banyan tree crashed down on a house at Ballaje in Kulavooru. Heavy wind blew away the asbestos sheets of a building and damaged three cars at Kotekar Beeri on Tuesday. The asbestos sheet of Ambedkar Kaigarika Sangha was blown off by the wind and fell on a compound wall of a school located 100 metres away from the building. The sheets of three more shops also flew off and fell on the cars parked near the building.
Along with this, sea erosion continued at Ullal – Ucchila areas. A tree fell on the Haladi Railway Station Road in Puttur and choked the movement of vehicles for some time. Another tree fell on a house at Karmala in Puttur taluk, damaging the kitchen and toilet of the house.
Nearly 19 cases of rain damage were reported in Udupi district, including partial damage to houses and cattle sheds. A house and cattle shed in Shiroor in Byndoor were partially damaged. A shop at Kirimanjeshwar was damaged as a coconut tree fell on it. In Kundapur, gusty wind and heavy rain damaged houses in Keradi, Kavradi, Kenchanur, Hombadi-Mandadi, Gujjadi, Holnadu and Hosuru villages.