Rain Fury – Four Lives Lost, Schools on Leave

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore/Udupi (VA)

Mangalore/Udupi: Along with the coastal areas, rain continued to pour in various places across the state due to which one person each lost life in Kundapur, Subramanya, Madikeri and Haveri.

Several low lying areas have been inundated and rivers are over-flowing. Houses and properties have been damaged.

While a daily wage worker Chinnappa Gowda(50) was walking in a wooden stand at Kallerikatta dam near Subramanya, he suddenly slipped and died on the spot. In Kundapur Bhaskar Kulal(32) went missing in the flood water, fell into a well and lost his life, In Srimangala, Madikeri Fathima (74) died after a wall collapsed on her and in Haveri a person was injured after a house was damaged due to heavy rain.

Schools to Remain Shut

The weather department has warned of heavy rains in the past two days due to which the schools have taken measures in advance and some of them have already announced holidays.

In Udupi and Coorg districts holidays have been announced to schools on Monday July 18. In DK district notices have been served to concerned Block Education Officers (BEO) to decide on announcing holidays.

Mangalore: Heavy Rain, Strong Winds Wreak Havoc - 10 Houses Damaged
 
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
 
Mangalore, Jul 17: Torrential rains and strong winds over the last two days in the city damaged as many as 10 houses in Mangaladevi within a two-kilometre radius. The roof of Mangaladevi Temple has also been partially damaged. No casualty has been reported.
 
Due to strong winds at around 9 am on Sunday July 17 in Mangaldevi area, six coconut trees, one mango tree and two jackfruit trees were uprooted, damaging four houses on which they fell.

Two business complexes have also been damaged.
 
Houses belonging to Padmanabh Aithal and Ganesh Aithal have been badly hit. The latter's house completely collapsed after a jackfruit tree fell on it.
 
Roofs of houses of Nagaraj Aithal, Jagannath Devadiga, Ranjan Mijar, Sharada Bai, Shobha Amin, Ravi and Permal in Mangala Nagar, were blown away. Ravi and Permal are from Tamil Nadu.
 
A tree fell on a shop located near Marnamikatta overbridge, damaging it.
 
The roof on the rear side of Mangaladevi Temple, overhead sheets of a newspaper office in Marnamikatta and the roof of Kulal Bhavan were also blown away.
 
On Saturday night the compound wall of a house near Bejai collapsed. No one was injured in the incident.
 
Fire squads rushed to Mangaldevi area and cleared off the uprooted trees.

The forest department also joined them in the afternoon. Local corporator Premanand Shetty told Daijiworld that MCC assistant executive engineer Ganesh visited the spots and inspected them. Attavar V A Surendra also visited and recorded the damage and extent of loss. He said as the commissioner of MCC was out of station he could not come to the spot.

By evening the roads were cleared and traffic was restored. Power supply was also severely disrupted.

Bantwal: Netravati Water Level Reaches Close to Danger Mark

By Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (RD/CN)

Bantwal, Jul 17: The low-lying areas of Bastipadpu, Panemangalore, Nehru Nagar, Jainarapete, Bantwal old town, and other areas in the taluk were inundated due to incessant rains on Sunday July 17.

The water level in the Netravati River is steadily increasing and is now at 7.5 meters, just 1 meter below the danger mark. The emerging floods along the bank of Netravati River threatened 12 houses, and the families already left their houses for safety at their relatives living in neighbouring villages.

The ban on sand mining by deputy commissioner from underneath Panemanglore Bridge formed sand dunes that also contributed to rising water levels in Netravati River and its tributaries. The ban was imposed by the district administration to protect the pillars and longevity of the newly-constructed bridge.

The rising water levels in the Netravati River flooded the farmlands in Nandavara, near here. The farmlands were planted with rice saplings recently, which are likely to be perished due to floods.

Udupi: Incessant Rains Cause Widespread Damage in District

Suvarna Brahmavar
Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)

Udupi, Jul 17: The incessant rains that have been lashing since a few days across the district have inundated the low-lying areas of Uppoor, Giliyara, and Bannadi near Kota here on Sunday July 17. The torrential rain has put general life off-gear.

The access road to Heroor was flooded on Sunday morning cutting off connectivity to local residents.  A house in Handady, near here, was damaged after a large tree collapsed on its tiled roof.

Uppoor Government Primary School was inundated fully this year too as is every monsoon season.

Kumta: Rivers Cross Danger Mark, Several Areas Flooded
 
Daijiworld Media Network – Kumta (Karwar) (PS)
 
Kumta, Jul 17: Heavy downpour in the taluk over the past four days has led to flooding of rivers, disrupting normal life. People have been evacuated from lying areas and ‘Ganji Kendras’ have been formed. The local MLA has visited the affected areas.
 
Rain water from the ghats has been flowing into Aghanashini, Badagani, Chandika rivers which crossed the danger level on Saturday July 16 midnight. As a consequence, Divagi, Manakona, Harakade, Mirjana, Kalmatti, Taaribaagila, Halakara, Malavalli, Hegade, Shiragunji, Kuduvalli, Bogribailu, Uppinapattana, Karkimakki, Kimani, Aghanashini, Konalli, Kojalli, Lukkeri, Masur, Chittekambi, Aigalakurve, Hondadahukkala, Suvarna Gadde, Manikatta, Mastihalla and Alakoda areas have been flooded and many houses and plantations are waterlogged.
 
Kumta-Sirsi route was blocked for some time. A house collapsed in Lukkeri.
 
People from Divagi, Mirjanam, Hegade panchayat limits were shifted to safer areas by boats. MLA Dinakar Shetty is in touch with nodal officers of respective places.
 
Around 150 people of 40 families in Divagi, 98 people of 32 families in Maakona, 95 members of 28 families in Harakade have been given place to stay at Ganji Kendras. Lots of youth are voluntarily working hard in flooded areas. Many donors, social organizations, unions have come forward to help the flood victims.