Passing Tauktae leaves a trail of disaster

A 65-year-old fisherman Keshava Shriyan and his neighbour and a bank employee Tejpal H. have finished a round of clearing plastic and other waste fallen on a portion of the Hosabettu beach, which many

A 65-year-old fisherman Keshava Shriyan and his neighbour and a bank employee Tejpal H. have finished a round of clearing plastic and other waste fallen on a portion of the Hosabettu beach, which many children in the area used as their playground. “We could just clear a bit. We can only do a thorough cleaning of the area a few days later when the intensity of the sea waves comes down,” said Mr. Shriyan, who is among the residents involved in keeping the beach clean. “Cleaning the muck this time will take more time than usual,” said Mr. Shriyan, sitting on the lone bench on the beach that has remained intact, as the other benches, swings and a slide on the beach suffered damage in strong waves after the cyclone passed by on Saturday. It was at around 10 a.m. on Saturday that the sea waves started to gain intensity. Fishermen said that the intensity started to come down at around 2 p.m. “What you see today is just one-fourth of the intensity seen yesterday,” said another fishermen Madhu Kunder, who lives off the NIT-K beach road connecting Light House and NIT-K beach where several road stretches have suffered damage.