Heavy Rain Batters DK, Landslide at Shirady Ghat Disrupts Traffic

Several low-lying areas inundated, retaining wall of St Anne's School and a wall of underconstruction house in Kadeshwalya village

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Mangaluru

TRAFFIC on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-75) was disrupted on Sunday following a landslide at Shirady Ghat in Sakaleshpur taluk of Hassan district. Vehicles stranded along the highway near the Hassan-Dakshina Kannada border, as continuous rainfall in both districts worsened the situation. With increased weekend traffic, congestion intensified, prompting police to erect barricades at key points and divert vehicles to alternate routes.

Heavy rain continued to lash Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada district affecting normal life. The traffic at Pumpwell junction was affected due to waterlogging beneath the flyover. Motorists were found struggling to maneuver the waterlogged area.

A huge tree fell on a house at Barebailu in Mangaluru severely damaging the house at around 7 pm on Saturday. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incident. Several low-lying areas in Mangaluru were inundated due to the heavy downpour. Rainwater entered several houses in low-lying areas in Sajeepa Munnuru in Bantwal taluk. A retaining wall of St Anne's School near State Bank in Mangaluru collapsed on the road.

The wall of an underconstruction house collapsed at Kallaje in Kadeshwalya village.

Traffic on Darbe-Manjalpadu road was affected for sometime due to a landslip at Parladka junction. Authorities rushed to the spot to clear soil from the road using an earthmover. Two autorickshaws were damaged following a compound collapse in Puttur town.