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Sea erosion intensifies in Udupi & Dakshina Kannada

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Mangaluru: District officials spent an entire day on foot assessing damage caused by heavy rain along the coast, on Friday. Sea erosion was severe in Someshwar where a road leading to Battapady road was washed off in the middle section.

Deputy commissioner Dr KV Rajendra along with officials visited the area to take stock of the situation.

Mangaluru City North MLA Bharath Shetty along with officials visited Tanirbhavi as sea erosion had intensified at the estuary mouth.

In Udupi district, sea erosion has increased in certain areas. Revenue minister R Ashoka, who visited the Udupi coastline on Friday, said there were 13 spots vulnerable to sea erosion and permanent works would be undertaken to mitigate the problem. He directed the Udupi ZP CEO to expeditiously disburse second and third stage relief to help those who lost houses to re-build them.

There was a mudslide at Kukkupuni Nidpalli village in Puttur taluk on Kaudichar-Renja road on Friday and officials were striving to restore traffic movement.

In Malavanthige of Belthangady taluk, the family of Siddik was left without a roof as gusty winds blew off the roof top sheets.

Though the coastline did not receive much rainfall on Friday, the interior areas received moderate rainfall with gusty winds since Thursday night. Water levels of Nethravathi and Kumaradhara rivers were very close to the danger mark.

Mescom had a satisfying day restoring power in all parts of the district, though Thursday night saw another 18 poles suffer damage in Mundaje of Belthangady. Mescom officials said all poles were fixed and power lines were drawn and restored in Vittla, Belthangady, Sullia, Puttur and Moodbidri.

On the coast, Udupi received the highest amount of rainfall at 68mm, followed by Dakshina Kannada at 54mm and Uttara Kannada at 53mm.

Konkan railway traffic hit

Train traffic was hit on the Konkan Railway route on Friday following the collapse of a tunnel lined wall inside Pernem tunnel between Madure and Pernem station on Thursday.

Konkan Railway authorities have suspended traffic on that section till further notice and diverted all trains on the route via the Madgaon, Londa, Miraj, Pune, Panvel route. Officials have rushed to the site for early restoration with men and machinery. Five trains had to be divertesd due to the incident.

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