Heavy rain continues to pound Dakshina Kannada, Udupi districts
In the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on Sunday, the Dakshina Kannada district recorded an average of 74.8 mm of rainfall, while the Udupi district recorded 76.1 mm.
As the southwest monsoon is advancing to cover more parts of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra, a red alert has been issued in light of the forecast of heavy to very heavy rains with sustained winds until May 29 in a few places of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada districts.
In light of the forecast, In-charge Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K. Anandh has requisitioned the services of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). In a virtual meeting to assess damage due to heavy rains on Sunday, Dr. Anandh said one team of NDRF will be posted in Puttur. A centre will be placed in Mangaluru and Kukke Subrahmanya to teach SDRF.
Dr. Anandh directed all incident commanders appointed to different places to be on alert and ensure no loss of lives during the period.
Mangaloreans faced the brunt of heavy rains on Sunday, with vehicle movement affected across the busy Pumpwell Circle following waterlogging. Despite the Mangaluru Corporation taking corrective steps, water overflowed from storm-water drains and flooded the circle, which is below the Pumpwell flyover. Waterlogged service roads of the Pumpwell flyover.
The driver of a car, two women and a child were injured after a huge portion of a roadside tree fell on the car near Ichalampady on the Dharmastala-Subrahmanya State Highway. A woman was injured following the collapse of a portion of the compound wall near the Mahalingeshwara Temple arch in Puttur.
Several houses in Sajipa Munnoru in Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada are waterlogged. A portion of the compound wall of St. Ann's School and an under-construction house in Kallaje of Kadeshwalya village, both in Mangaluru, collapsed. National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) personnel laid heavy concrete slabs to stabilise the slope of an embankment in Tenkamijar, near Mangaluru. A huge portion of a tree fell in a vacant area in Jeppu Majila in Mangaluru.
In Udupi district, one Girija suffered burns following lightning when she was in her house in Shiroor in Byndoor taluk on Sunday. An official release from the Udupi district administration said a total of 20 houses suffered partial damage in Kundapura, Byndoor, Karkala, Kapu, and Udupi taluks.
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