Incessant rain damages houses, property in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU/ MADIKERI: Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK) districts received copious rain on Friday. There were reports of damage caused to houses and property due to the incessant rain, that has been lashing the districts since the past three days,
While a house was damaged due to rain at Jalsoor in Sullia taluk, a compound wall of a house collapsed due to rain at Bajpe near Mangaluru. A house got completely damaged at Bondathila after a tree fell on it.A petrol bunk was also damaged after a hillslide at Mittakodi, Mudipu Gram Panchayat limits.
In the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Friday, the district received an average of 81 mm rain, with Sullia taluk receiving the highest rain at 95mm, followed by Puttur taluk at 81mm. Mangaluru and Bantwal taluks received 74mm and 77mm of rain, respectively. Udupi district received an average of 90 mm rain. The highest rain of 162 mm was recorded at Kirimanjeshawara in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district in the state. Udupi district received 74% excess rain as against the normal average for the day at 81mm. In DK, it was 50% more for the day at 57 mm and Uttara Kannada received 36 mm rain, which was 7% more than normal.
The KSNMDC bulletin stated that high waves in the range of 2.7m-3.7m were forecast along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar, and warned fishermen not to venture into the sea.
House collapses in south Kodagu
A 25-year-old woman sustained injuries when a house collapsed due to heavy rain in Ponnappasanthe, South Kodagu on Thursday. The woman, identified as Mallige, is undergoing treatment at Government Hospital in Madikeri. The family belonging to the scheduled caste had abandoned the house which was in a dilapidated condition and had moved into newly built sheet-roofed house. However, on Thursday, the old house collapsed on the new one. Fortunately, five other family members escaped unhurt. Ponnapmet sub-inspector D Kumar, revenue officer Harish and others visited the spot. In another incident, a house was partially damaged near Nellihudikeri College in Siddapur area after a huge tree fell on it on Friday in heavy rains. The house belongs to Madu Madappa. PDO Anil kumar visited the spot.