Rain inundates low-lying areas in DK, Udupi

Mangalore, 08 Aug 2012: Torrential rain inundated several low-lying areas in Uppinangady and Subrahmanya and submerged many bridges in Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday. Heavy rain also caused a landslip between Yedakumeri and Siribagilu stations coming under Mysore division of the Southern Railway leading to cancellation of trains.The landslip at Siribagilu, which had closed the mouth of a tunnel, was restored by 2pm on Tuesday. However, train services are not resumed. Sources said the landslip occurred at 9pm on Monday night and three excavators were deployed to remove the soil from the tracks.

 

 

The train services will start only after the technical team of the railways inspects the track alignment. Earlier, landslips on the route had disrupted train services for two days. Train no.16518/16517 Kannur -Yeshwantpur - Kannur express via Mangalore Central and trains no.16516 Karwar - Yeshwantpur Express via Mangalore Junction was cancelled on Tuesday.In Uppinangady, low-lying areas were in knee-deep water and water level in Nethravathi-Kumaradhara Rivers was inching towards the danger level. Police control room said at 5pm the water level was a feet below the bridge. The water level in Nethravathi River near Bantwal touched 8.2 meters. The danger level of water in the river is 8.5 meters. On Monday, the bridge over Kannadi Holey on the Subrahmanya Puttur Road was submerged from 2am to 6am and the Kumaradhara Bridge at Subrahmanya from 6pm to 2pm on Tuesday. In Udupi, Seetha River was overflowing at Brahmavar-Handadi.