UDUPI: Due to incessant rains for the last three days, many rivers in Udupi district were overflooded and houses in many of the low lying areas were inundated. District administration has shifted the families from the inundated areas to the 'Ganji Kendras', the rehabilitation centres set up in local schools and temples. The rain storm has also damaged pakka and kaccha houses, some totally and some partially, across the district.
As the meteorology department has cautioned that heavy rains will continue for the next 24 hours, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi M T Reju, as a precautionary measure, declared holiday for all the schools and colleges of Udupi district on Monday. People living on the river banks have been asked to be cautious and fishermen have been advised not to venture in to the sea for fishing for the next 48 hours. Four houses in Moodugiliyaru near Kota have been inundated. People from those houses have been shifted to the Ganji Kendras, using boats. Likewise, a habitat comprising 50 families in Bannadi, in Vaddarse village has been inundated. As a bridge in Ajekar was inundated the link between connecting towns was disrupted.
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