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Electricity metres, among different physics gadgets, were damaged aft lightning struck arsenic galore arsenic 10 houses successful Kulashekara country successful the metropolis connected Saturday night. MLC Ivan D’Souza, who visited the houses, said successful a connection that the houses suffered harm of astir ₹10 lakh.
In addition, immoderate houses and respective electrical instrumentality astatine Sirlapadpu successful Alape Ward No. 51 were besides damaged successful lightning onslaught past night.
Mr. D’Souza said that helium instructed the officials of MESCOM, Mangaluru City Corporation, and the gross section to instrumentality steps to supply compensation to those who suffered damages to their houses.
The MLC said that a high-tension powerfulness enactment passing done Sirlapadpu astatine a little level is causing problems to radical each twelvemonth whenever lightning strikes. Mr. D’Souza instructed R. Jayakumar, Managing Director, MESCOM to sojourn the spot and instrumentality due steps to forestall the damages.
Rainfall alert
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said connected Sunday that dense rain/thunder showers are apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts connected Monday.
Heavy rain/thunder showers are apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts connected Tuesday. Light to mean rain/thunder showers are apt to hap astatine astir places implicit the Uttara Kannada territory connected the aforesaid day.
Heavy rain/thunder showers are apt to hap astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada districts connected Wednesday and Thursday, it said.
The IMD said squally upwind with upwind velocity 35 kmph to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph is apt to prevail on and disconnected the Karnataka seashore and adjoining oversea areas till Wednesday. Fishermen person been asked not to task retired for sportfishing successful oversea till then.
