Mangalore: Electricity tower falls on house, lucky escape for family
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore
Mangalore, Nov 5: Due to heavy rains accompanied by winds, a high tension electric tower fell over a house near Killur at Pavoor here on Sunday November 3 night.
The family residing in the house escaped unhurt but a part of the house was completely damaged. A major tragedy was averted as the electricity tower was out of order.
The house belonged to Gangayya Poojary. Six people were in the house including a baby at the time of the incident, and all escaped unhurt.
A portion of the house has been completely damaged. Television, cupboard, utensils and other items inside the house are said to be damaged and a loss of Rs 2.5 lac is estimated.
Sumathi and her 9-month-old child usually slept in the same room where the electric tower fell. But on this night, as the lightning was intense, the other family members coaxed her to sleep in the next room with the child, and thus no harm occurred.
The impact was relatively less as the electric tower first fell on a coconut tree and then on the house.
It is said that the base of the electricity tower had completely rusted. The tower which has capacity of supplying 110 kv of electricity stopped functioning three months ago. Locals alleged that negligence by KPTCL officials was the main reason for the incident.
Health minister U T Khadar on Monday November 4 visited the spot.
Damage to crops
As two jackfruit trees fell over a house belonging to T H Abbas in Kana, Innoli, a part of the house was damaged. Also, 10 arecanut trees and two coconut trees belonging to him were damaged. A loss of over Rs 50,000 is estimated.
In another incident, around 50 arecanut trees in a field belonging to Valerian, Charlie and Pascal were destroyed. As many as 15 arecanut trees belonging to Christine, more than 10 arecanut trees belonging to Leelavathi Shetty, and 50 arecanut and 10 coconut trees belonging to Yamuna Kottary were destroyed.
Krishnappa Salian incurred loss as a tree fell over his shop. Roof tiles of a house owned by Vasu Karkera were damaged and altogether as many as 11 electric poles in Pavoor area were dislocated.