Central team visits Udupi to assess flood damage

A team of the Central authorities on Monday visited flood-affected areas in Udupi district and assessed damages to crop and property.

The team visited Pass Kudru space close to Shivalli in Udupi taluk and later went to Baje dam which provides ingesting water to Udupi metropolis. It assessed the damages to the dam, its top, and storage ranges.

Members of the team visited Manayi village beneath Bommarabettu Gram Panchayat the place three homes had been destroyed fully. It additionally reviewed the damages prompted to the farm land within the space. The team noticed damages to a vented dam at Kukkuje village in Karkala taluk, a bridge at Naduru village in Brahmavara taluk, and Brahmavara-Jannadi Road. It additionally visited the cyclone shelter at Tekkatte.

Earlier, the team members held a gathering within the workplace of the Deputy Commissioner and took particulars from officers.

Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha informed the team that the district acquired 1,022 mm rainfall in September in opposition to the traditional rainfall of 405 mm. It was extra by 152%.

Udupi district recorded 263 mm rainfall within the first fortnight of October in opposition to the traditional rainfall of 40 mm for the interval. It was in extra by 553%, he stated.

The Deputy Commissioner stated that rain damages had been reported from 77 villages. As many as 2,874 individuals from 827 households had been rescued, 1,201 given shelter in 31 camps, and three,694 homes had been broken.

The complete damages had been estimated at ₹3,2370.39 lakh, he stated.

K. Raghupati Bhat and Lalaji R. Mendon, MLAs, have been current within the assembly.