Udupi: Heavy rains continued in the parts of the Karnataka worsening the flood situation in the coastal belt, affecting normal life.

Udupi, in particular, woke up to flooding and water-logging in parts of the district continued overnight. The flooding occurred in 77 villages in the district and prompted the state government to rush disaster response force personnel for rescue operations.

2874 residents in the district were rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel. Rescue operations were carried out in Udyavara, where the Papanashini river overflowed and inundated low-lying areas and Nittur in Udupi. Local youth including fishermen assisted disaster response personnel in rescue and relief operations.

The Karnataka Disaster Management Authority reported that 1107 houses were partially damaged while 1201 people rescued were housed in 31 relief camps opened on Sunday.

Visuals showed flooding in Udupi town including on the Kalsanka main road which connects Udupi with Manipal.

The damage was less severe in neighbouring Dakshina Kannada district where 1250 people were shifted to safer areas including 49 people who are now housed in 5 relief camps opened in the district.

Neermarga-Katinja road in Mangaluru, caved in on Sunday, cutting connectivity to nearby areas. Train services from Konkan line towards Mysuru were affected after a landslip near Padil brought tracts of mud onto the railway track.

An alert for heavy rains has been issued for Malnad, coastal regions and a few interior and northern districts for the next couple of days by the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC).