Houses, horticulture crops suffer damage in rain

There was widespread rain, accompanied by thunderstorm, across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. It resulted in damage to houses, horticulture crops an

There was widespread rain, accompanied by thunderstorm, across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. It resulted in damage to houses, horticulture crops and electricity poles in some parts of the two districts. Rain and thunderstorm brought down nearly 500 arecanut trees and about 200 rubber trees in the farm of Kambri Ganesh in Panja village of Sullia taluk. Nearly 20 electricity poles were damaged in the vicinity. Family members of Vijay Kotebail escaped with minor injuries after a tree branch fell on a part of their house in Ainekidu village of Sullia taluk. A motorcycle parked outside the house was damaged.