One dies, several houses collapse in rain

Mangalore, June 29: One person is suspected to have been killed in a rain-related accident and at least five houses were damaged partially or fully since Monday evening.

Dakshina Kannada district received an average rainfall of over 115 mm and the water level in the Nethravathi rose by another one metre in Bantwal.

Meanwhile, two trees fell on Mangalore-Moodbidri Road at Parari near Vamanjoor at 2 a.m. on Tuesday bringing down four electric poles. Traffic disruption was minimal as vehicles could move by the edge of the road.

The Deputy Commissioner's office here received information that Dhanapala, son of Marappagouda died when he was trying to wash his legs in a pond at Devachalla on Subramanya-Sullia Road in Sullia taluk.

Subramanya police said the man, a daily wage worker, had gone for work at another farmer's compound. After handling organic manure, he had gone to wash his hands and legs in the pond unmindful of the heavy rain. Fire and Emergency Services personnel fished out the body subsequently from the 20-foot deep pond.

In the same taluk, the house and the compound wall of Ratnavathi, wife of Krishnoji Rao was damaged in rain with loss estimated at Rs. 68,000. At Ajjavara village of the taluk, the tiled house of Hussain collapsed while that of Isamma in Kadaba too fell. The tiled house of Gulabi, wife of Rama in Badaga-Ulipady, collapsed when a tree fell on it in the Gurupura Hobli . In Chitrapura, Mulky, the tiled house of Sundari collapsed.

The water level in the Nethravathi and Kumaradhara rivers rose by four meters to 18 metres by Tuesday morning. The maximum water level for Nethravathi is 29.5 metres and for Kumaradhara is 28.5 metres.