Lightning Arresters to be Installed at Few Places in Dakshina Kannada: Click to Know

Dakshina Kannada district administration will install lightning arresters in Belthangady, Puttur, Kadaba, and Sullia taluks that witness frequent human deaths and damage to properties due to lightning. The region which is prone to lightning because of the hilly terrain had witnessed many loss of life and damage to properties in the recent past.

A typical arrester covers a radius of about 500 m to 1.5 km region and the administration would install them in four to five places in these regions on experimental basis.