Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (MM/RD)

Karkala, Jul 3: The taluk has suffered a huge loss on account of strong winds during rains on Sunday night and Monday. The loss would cross about Rs 75 lac, officials estimated. However, private sources put it at Rs 1 crore.

Many electric poles have collapsed around Karkala taluk. Hence, many villages have plunges into darkness.  Agricultural fields have also been damaged in many parts of the taluk.

On Sunday night, whirlwind hit Panjibettu in Nitte village which later moved towards Sanoor village. Whirlwind has also affected Miyar, Renjala and neighbouring villages.

Winds have destroyed around 100 trees in Panjibettu forest. The roof top of Kasturi’s dwelling house, in Panjibettu is also damaged as a result of whirlwind.

The entire Sanoor village suffered a blackout on Sunday night. The tiles from the rooftop of rice mill owned by Suresh Kamath in Sanoor were blown away in air, damaging about 200 quintals rice and 50 quintals of paddy. Huge losses have been incurred. Oil mills owned by Prakash Pinto and a rice mill owned by Pundarik Bangera have also been damaged, sources said.

The traffic on National highway 13 was disrupted for a few hours, which was caused by the fall of a large tree. The tree was cleared with the help of a crane and the traffic was restored. About 3500 areca plants and around 100 coconut trees have perished in the plantation owned by Sanoor Shivaram Rai. 3 houses at Miyar village and 6 houses in Renjala village were damaged by winds.