Sullia: Lashing Showers Turn Kukke Subrahmanya, Uppinangady into Virtual Island

Pics by Arun Uppinangady
Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (SP)

Sullia, Jul 28: All the three roads that connect temple town Subrahmanya with the outside world, leading to Uppinangady, Gundya and Puttur, were inundated by flood water on Sunday July 27 due to torrential rains the region has been experiencing. Traffic to this centre of pilgrimage came to a grinding halt and it was turned into a temporary island as a result.

Pilgrims, who had thronged the temple from various places in the state by utilizing the week-end holiday, were stranded. They are awaiting the flood waters to recede, before they can embark on their return trips.

Water levels in Darpanateertha rivulet and Kumaradhara river swelled after Subrahmanya and the ghat section enclosing it received heavy rains. At about 2.30 pm on Sunday, the road connection to the town was cut off.

The Kumaradhara bridge gets under water during every rainy season. During the last monsoon season, it was inundated by water 16 times. For this year, today was the first such instance. Rains continue to lash the region. Iron gates on both sides of the bridge have been closed and the policemen have been keeping a constant vigil, as some of the people who dared to cross the bridge during the floods in the past, had lost their lives.

The continuous downpour has helped agriculturists and the fields have regained their greenery. Water bodies have got rejuvenated. Roads have been damaged.