Mangalore: 32 Flood-hit Families Relocated from Low-lying Areas

Sunil Haleangady
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)

Mangalore, Aug 12: As many as 32 families, comprising around 100 people were relocated from flooded areas of Panja, Ulya and Kilenjoor to safer places as a precautionary measure here on Saturday August 11 evening.

It is learnt that as the district administration did not provide motorized boat for the operation, manual boats were used to shift the people to a safer place, which took more time.

MLA Abhayachandra Jain said, "Among the people who were shifted, a majority were women and children. People were not ready to move as they feared about their cattle which had to be left behind," he said.

People who were relocated were provided with food at Panja school and in Shibarooru temple.

MLA Abhayachandra Jain, Eshwar Kateel, zilla panchayat member, Ravichandra Nayak, tashildar, DCP Mutturaya from Mangalore, Panambur ACP Puttamadhayya, Basheer Ahmed, Kasturi Panja, Sathish Bhat, Suresh, Mayyadi, Taara Shetty, Sumalatha among others visited the spot.

Yathish Baikampady of Panambur beach development project helped in relocating the people by sending his safety divers. In Kilenjoor around five families agreed to shift and they were provided with a boat.

ACP Puttamadhaiyya said families who did not agree to shift will be convinced.

Haleangady too witnessed heavy rains disrupting normal life. On Friday, a small dam constructed of mud to store water is said to be washed away. Due to this the people living along the banks of the river have been affected as water might enter the house. The families have kept their boats ready as a precaution.

As many as 100 acres of low lying fields across the region are said to be inundated.