Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (GA)

Mangalore, Jul 3: The long expected has taken place but on an unexpected day.  These columns have been reporting extensively about the sea erosion along the coastal belt.    Already a few houses have been washed out owing to sea erosion.

But as if the carnage was not over, a total of 13 houses were engulfed by the raging waves at Kotepur, Mogaveerapatna, and Hilary Road near Ullal here on Sunday July 2 evening.

Sea water even reached the road at Kotekar area.  Heavy rains coupled with storm winds created havoc in the coastal areas.  Houses of Bashir, Ayisha, Abubakkar, Hasanabba, Ammabba which had been partially damaged earlier, have now completely been engulfed by the sea.  So too houses of Anandi Kotian, Jayasheela, Madhav Bangera at Mogaveerapatna have been washed out.

At Hilarynagar the houses of Idinabba, Cheyyabba, Ayesha and Aliabba have been washed out.  The reports also said that more than 25 houses are still in danger of being washed out.

The residents of these houses and their belongings have been shirted to a local school building where a rice gruel centre has been opened.

The people offered common prayer at Vyaghra Chamundeshwari Temple at Ullal on Sunday to prevail peace in the sea.  The prayer session was led by Sadanand Bangera, president of Mogaveera Association.