As many as 1,129 persons, including 562 women and 316 children, rescued/evacuated owing to floods are taking shelter in 31 temporary rehab centres in Dakshina Kannada. They are from 258 families, according to the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
The highest number of temporary rehabilitation centres — 18 — are in Mangaluru taluk. The State government on Saturday declared Belthangady, Bantwal, Mangaluru, Puttur and Sullia taluks as flood-hit.
Floodwater entered many houses in Bantwal and Ullal areas on Saturday.
Water from the gushing Netravati entered houses and residential localities in Jeppinamogaru, Kadekar and Bajal in the city early on Saturday. Kallapu and Permannur areas in Ullal were the worst-hit. A government school building in Kallapu was almost submerged in floodwater.
Many areas in Harekala, Munnuru, Ranipura, Uliya, Farangipet, Pudu, Mahakalipadpu, Kasba Bengre, Tota Bengre, Tannirbhavi, Bangra Kuluru, Daddalkad, Surathkala, Delantabettu, Thokuru, Kodialbail, and Ulippady in Mangaluru taluk were inundated, and water entered many houses in those areas.
Some houses in Uppinagandy, Panjala, Bajattur and Nekkiladi in Puttur taluk; Jani Pete in Moodbidri taluk; Alankar, Kulkunda and Uchila in Kadaba taluk; Kandaladkka, Mitturu, Panja, Perodi and Aramburu in Sullia taluk had to face the brunt of the flood.
People in some areas in Belthangady taluk, such as Pajiradkka, Bangady, Killuru, Didupe, Malavanthige, Neriya, Belthangady, Kolli, Kadirudyavara, Kalmanja, and Belluru, which witnessed flash foods on Friday, continued to suffer after water began entering their houses on Friday night.
The Coast Guard, NDRF, government officials and locals were involved in rescue and evacuation operations across the district.
However, the water level in the Netravati and Kumaradhara, which had crossed the danger level, receded late on Saturday. The level in the Netravati at Bantwal stood at 8.5 m, against the danger level of 8.5 m. It was at 31.4 m at Uppinangady, against the danger level of 31.5 m. The level in Kumaradhara at Uppinangady, where the two rivers merge, was at 26 m, against the danger level of 26.5 m. The water level in Gundia river near Disha Power Project stood at the danger level of 5 m.
