Heavy rain exposes ill-preparedness of district administration in Mangaluru

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Compound partition  of a residential location   successful  Lower Bendoor collapsed into a storm-water drain and flooded the basement parking country  of the residential flat  successful  Mangaluru.

Compound partition of a residential location successful Lower Bendoor collapsed into a storm-water drain and flooded the basement parking country of the residential flat successful Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: Raghava M.

Residents of Chalet flat  moving   connected  draining h2o  accumulated successful  the basement parking country  successful  Lower Bendoor successful  Mangaluru.

Residents of Chalet flat moving connected draining h2o accumulated successful the basement parking country successful Lower Bendoor successful Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: Raghava M.

Residents of an flat  successful  Seminary 2nd Cross successful  Mangaluru placed stones to forestall  run-off h2o  and mud entering the basement parking country  connected  Wednesday.

Residents of an flat successful Seminary 2nd Cross successful Mangaluru placed stones to forestall run-off h2o and mud entering the basement parking country connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Raghava M.

A information   of the constrictive  roadworthy  successful  Seminary 1st Cross successful  Mangaluru caved successful  to exposure  the pipelines laid underground arsenic  portion  of the roadworthy  enactment    of Rs. 163 crore Nagarothana Scheme successful  Mangaluru

A information of the constrictive roadworthy successful Seminary 1st Cross successful Mangaluru caved successful to exposure the pipelines laid underground arsenic portion of the roadworthy enactment of Rs. 163 crore Nagarothana Scheme successful Mangaluru | Photo Credit: Raghava M

A immense  histrion   got uprooted and fell crossed  the roadworthy  adjacent   Koragajja Daiva successful  Marnamikatte successful  Mangaluru, pursuing  overnight dense  rain,  connected  Wednesday, May 13

A immense histrion got uprooted and fell crossed the roadworthy adjacent Koragajja Daiva successful Marnamikatte successful Mangaluru, pursuing overnight dense rain, connected Wednesday, May 13 | Photo Credit: Raghava M.

Heavy rainfall for much than a hr connected Tuesday nighttime exposed the ill-preparedness of the territory medication successful Mangaluru. In immoderate areas, the rainfall washed distant the ungraded covering pipelines that were laid arsenic portion of roadworthy works taken up arsenic phase-2 of Nagarothana scheme, and frankincense making it hard for radical to commute.

There was wide rainfall successful Mangaluru and different parts of Dakshina Kannada connected Tuesday night. In the 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Wednesday, Marodi Gram Panchayat successful Belthangady taluk recorded the highest of 98 mm, followed by 75 mm successful Bala of Mangaluru taluk, 72.5 mm astatine Padil successful Mangaluru, 67 mm successful Kotekar of Ullal taluk and Pandeshwar successful Mangaluru, 58.2 mm successful Surathkal, 54.5 mm successful Kasba Bengre, 51.5 mm successful Panjikallu and 50 mm successful Rayee, some successful Bantwal taluk, arsenic per information posted by Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre.

Basement parking

Basement parking areas of respective apartments successful low-lying areas successful the cardinal portion of Mangaluru were flooded.

The compound partition of Vanashree residential building, a fewer metres down from St. Theresa School successful little Bendoor area, collapsed into the storm-water drain and flooded the basement parking of the adjoining Chalet residential apartment. Residents joined to enactment till astir 10 a.m. to drain retired knee-high h2o accumulated successful the basement. Residents of respective houses successful the country were seen removing waste, accumulated successful their premises, aft draining the water.

At the Prome Residency flat successful Seminary View Road/Seminary 2nd Cross Road successful Jeppu, on with run-off water, gravel and mud covering the pipelines started accumulating astatine the basement parking area. Residents were forced to spot stones to artifact introduction of h2o to the basement.

Motorists faced trouble moving crossed constrictive roads of Seminary 2nd Cross and Seminary 1st Cross wherever craters were recovered astatine respective points, which exposed pipelines laid beneath.

A immense aged histrion got uprooted and fell crossed Fr. Muller Road adjacent Koragajja temple successful Nandigudda connected Wednesday greeting and affected postulation question for an hour. A information of a histrion fell crossed the roadworthy successful Anegundi successful Bejai. The dense rainfall caused flooding successful respective stretches of Car Street. A car got damaged pursuing the illness of the compound partition of a gathering adjacent Bajal Church. The Mangaluru City Corporation received complaints of h2o from drains entering houses.

Flooding was besides witnessed astatine Bhagwan Mahaveer (Pumpwel) junction, adjacent Ambedkar Circle, Falnir Road and adjacent KMC Hospital Attavar connected Tuesday night.

Published - May 13, 2026 07:37 p.m. IST

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