MANGALURU: Whirlwinds, which blew across the Dakshina Kannada district since Sunday morning, created havoc at many places while damaging several electric poles due to tree fall.Mescom officials estimated that on Sunday alone 315 electric poles in the district were damaged and Puttur taluk bore the brunt with more than 200 electric poles being damaged, cutting off supply to individual homes in rural villages. Monday’s damage is yet to be estimated.Though 33Kv and 11Kv lines were restored or are being restored across the district, power in low tension lines has not been restored due to faults at multiple locations due to tree fall or branches falling on the power lines.Savanoor village in Puttur taluk bore the brunt of the whirlwind with more than 100 poles being uprooted or damaged. In Savanoor 11Kv line was not operational and will be restored by Monday evening said Mescom sources.On Sunday, several electric poles were damaged due to tree fall at Panjala, Narimogeru Panchayat of Puttur Taluk. This led to disruption of power in Panjala, Mothethadka, Narimogeru, Kuriya, Mundooru, Ammunja and surrounding areas. In Mangaluru, tree fall resulted in at least 15 electric poles getting damaged in Baikampady, Valencia, Mulihitlu and Maroli areas of the city. Power in these area has been partially restored.KSNMDC has warned fishermen not to venture into the sea till Monday 11.30pm as high waves have been forecast.RAINFALL ON JULY 16: The district recorded 31mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours from 8.30am of Sunday. Sullia Taluk received the highest rainfall of 51 mm, with Mangaluru taluk receiving the least at 8mm of rainfall. Bantwal, Belthangady and Puttur taluks received 15mm, 48 and 33mm of rainfall respectively. Last year, the district had received 30mm of rainfall on the same day.The water level in Nethravathi River at Bantwal was 5.8 meters with danger level being 8.5 meters. The water level of Nethravathi River at Uppinangady and Kumaradhara River were well below danger levels at 22.0 meters each with danger levels being 28.5 meters and 29.5 meters respectively.

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