MANGALURU/UDUPI: Like the last three days, scattered rain, but moderate to heavy, affected normal life along the entire coast on Sunday and the IMD has extended the Red Alert forecast till Wednesday.
The DK district administration declared a holiday on Monday in all Anganwadi centres, primary and high schools, including all private, aided and government. PU colleges and degree colleges and other professional colleges will remain open
Subrahmanya taluk, especially Kukke Subrahmanya received heavy rains. The bathing ghat at Kukke remained submerged in water for the fifth day on Sunday. The submersible Halla bridge on Subrahmanya Kadaba State Highway went under water on Saturday night, affecting traffic. In Mangaluru Taluk, NH is full of potholes panambur Till BC Road, especially Kulur Purana Bridge which is creating traffic gridlock every day.
A house in Panjikallu was partially damaged due to the collapse of a hill near the house. There are no reports of any casualties to the people living in the house. This is the same area where three laborers hailing from Kerala had died a few days ago after a hillock collapsed on a tiled house.
The Netravati river has crossed the danger mark of 8.5 meters in Bantwal. The low-lying areas of Panemangalore, Guddayangadi, Aladka, Bogodi, Nandavara, Gudinabali, Bantwal, Kelaginpete, Baddakatte, Navur, Mandala, Sarpadi and Ajilamogaru were inundated. Many residents have been asked to move to safer places on Saturday itself. The Netravati river at Uppinangadi was at 29.70 metres, with the danger level at 31.5 metres. The Gundya river was at 4.9 meters and the danger level was 5 metres.
A loss of around Rs 6.5 lakh is estimated in Udupi on Saturday and Sunday. This includes partial damage (Rs 85000) to five houses in Brahmavar; three houses in Udupi (Rs 2 lakh); two houses in Karkala (Rs 75000); Five houses and a gaushala (Rs 1.70 lakh) in Bindoor; two houses and a cowshed kundapuri (Rs 1.25 lakh) and three classrooms of Ammanwara Toppu, Uppunda village, Bindoor and the total damage was estimated at Rs 2.50 lakh.
A bulletin issued by the IMD on Sunday at 1 pm said Extremely Heavy Rain Quantity (in mm): Subramanya (Dakshina Kannada DT) 210. Very Heavy Rain Quantity (in mm): Mulki (Dakshina Kannada DT) 200; Castle Rock (Uttar Kannada DT) 190; oblivionBelthangadi (both Dakshina Kannada dt) 180 each; Dharmasthala (Dakshina Kannada DT) 170; Mani (Dakshina Kannada DT) 160; Karkala (Udupi DT), suliya (Dakshina Kannada DT), 130; Mangaluru Airport, Puttur (Dakshina Kannada DT), 120 each. Heavy rainfall amount (in mm): Udupi, Kollur (Udupi DT), Panambur (Dakshina Kannada DT), 110 each; Sidhpur (Uttar Kannada DT), Siddhapura (Udupi DT), Mangaluru (Dakshina Kannada DT) 100 each.
All the taluks of DK district received 100% to 200% more rainfall than the average rainfall recorded for the day. In the last 24 hours, Dakshina Kannada district received an average of 143 mm, Udupi 110 mm and Uttara Kannada district 50 mm.
In the last 24 hours, six taluks of DK received over 80 mm of rain. They are: Belthangadi (88 mm), Sulliya (80 mm), Moodbidri (90 mm), Kadaba (102 mm), Puttur (80 mm), Bantwal (83 mm) and Mangaluru taluks received 64 mm of rainfall. Six taluks in Udupi received over 100 mm of rain. They are: Karkala, Udupi, Bindoor, Brahmavar, Hebri and Kaup. Kundapur and Brahmavar received over 79 mm of rain.
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