Udupi: Torrential Rains Across District Throw Normal Life Out of Gear
Pics: Inchara Digitals/Suvarna Brahmavar
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (RD)
Udupi, Jul 19: Incessant rains over the last few days have caused much damage across the district, disrupting normal life. The district has turned into a virtual river.
Several houses have been inundated, forcing people to remain indoors.
The rivulets flowing through Udyavar, Katpady, Manipur, Pangala, Uliyaragoli, Majooru, Kutyaru, Kunjoor in the district have flooded hectares of farmlands.
The roads linking Matadakudru in Udyavar, Innanje and Pangala are also flooded.
Places such as Giliyar, Bannady, Vaddarse, Kavady and adjacent areas of Brahmavara continued to suffer flood-like situation.
Loss of private properties has been reported in Majoor, near here due to high velocity gales and torrential rains that have been lashing the area since Sunday July 17 night.
Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon, ZP president Katpady Shankar Poojary, TP president Devdas Hebbar, ZP member Arun Shetty Padoor, Uliyaragoli gram panchayat president Arun Shetty, Kaup gram panchayat president Yogish Rai, Belapu gram panchayat vice-president Deviprasad Shetty, Tahsildar Prasanna Kumar and other government department officials visited the villages that were devastated by the incessant rains.
Bandimutt, Barkur, Bennekudru regions on the banks of Sita River and Aroor, Uppor areas on the Madisaalu riverside are free from danger as the level of flood water has come down. Ganji Kendras which were opened in Bannady, Chitrapady and Moodugiliyar have been giving shelter to many. District home guard teams and rescue teams of Red Cross are in action.