Udupi: Mysterious pit emerges in agricultural field, locals surprised


Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP/SP)
J P Kini, Udupi

Udupi, Jul 16: Parkala and Herga on the outskirts of Udupi city limits have been witnessing strange occurences of late. It was here that during peak summer, when water bodies were drying up, stream of water suddenly started oozing out from inside the earth and filled wells and other bodies. Sometime later, the earth developed a huge crack that remains unexplained properly. Now, a huge pit that has opened up inside an agricultural field, stands added to the mysterious happenings here.

The underground water table which suddenly got enriched for no apparent reason during the summer at Kelaparkala had come as a surprise. A crack in the earth's surface at Manchikere a little distance away had given rise to a sense of fear among the people. Now, a huge pit which looks like a well in shape and size, has emerged suddenly in an agricultural field that was recently plowed.

The field in question, belonging to a local named Jayaram Tantri, had been plowed on Sunday, and the pit came to sight on Monday. Some people have expressed that this might either be an abandoned ancient well or a place where some tomb had been built thousands of years ago.

It is said that after the said field was plowed with the help of farm equipment on Sunday, an agricultural labourer working for Tantri visited the field on Monday to check water level. He was taken aback by the fact that the field had only a little amount of water, whereas he had expected it to be brimming with water. A thorough check revealed that water was being sucked into a pit that had been formed in the midst of the field. Thereafter, the flow of water into the pit was temporarily blocked by erecting a small wall around the pit with mud.

Geologist, Dr Uday Shankar thought that this crack would have been developed because of tremors inside the earth. He said that this crack most likely developed after the previous rainy season, duly noting that the shape and size of the pit does not exactly match with that of a well. As the area is located near River Swarna, he said that underground canals called in scientific terms as floodplains get naturally created for easing out flood water. He noted that these pits cannot be filled even by using enormous amounts of water. He reasoned that if it was a well, water should have filled to the brim because of the water that has flowed into it till now.

Dr B Jagadish Shetty, head of history department in Poornaprajna College here noted that tombs which resemble this pit had been found at places like Hebri, Nejar, Havanje and other places. He however said that a definite conclusion can be arrived at only after undertaking detailed study.

A local farmer said that he had witnessed such pits emerging out of some locals fields in the recent years, and explained that some such pits got filled with mud in course of time.

 

 

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  • pavan, Parashurama Sristi

    Thu, Jul 17 2014

    Parashurama Sristi is new land on earth compare to earth. Even Sahyadri range is also not that old. So these kind of land slides are common.

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  • Ramesh M.t, Mangalore

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    in my childhood I saw this type of holes in our upper paddy field and water comes out in lower field

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Maybe it is a curious news to locals in India but it is bit more curious subject to America and watching closely this pit...through it's satellites for any outcome, whatsoever!!!

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Wed, Jul 16 2014




    High time to make proper scientific analyses or thorough zeological study, rather than assuming reasons behind these mysterious happenings.

    It is too dangerous for the on lookers to approach the pit out of curiosity. Who knows if it is hollow beneath? Too dangerous.

    Where are concerned authorities ?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mapusa

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Is the poor farmer pointing his finger towards "Acche Din" ...

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  • Zandy, Mangalore

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Aliens!!

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  • Jolly,

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Mysterious govt at center too.

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Mysteries always been beyond the understanding capacity of humans.
    Some time, detailed study on one mystery is made,invented something and the same logic is applied to other mysteries.
    There are so many mysteries in the world.
    In more than 5000 years, no Ape has turned Man, which is contrary to the teaching that God created Man and Women.
    But some academicians still teach Ape turned Man theory, and many people accept.
    Therefore many things are our own conclusions.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    This is the mysterious pit, the mysterious is always attractive. There are mysterious questions, but a mysterious answer is never given, because when we being to think we lose the point...

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  • Pavan, Karkala

    Wed, Jul 16 2014

    Dr B Jagadish Shetty's opinion seems to have more weightage. Earlier while digging ground for playfield, near Parkala school, three urns were found with a stone lid bearing the inscription "Avaneya", a Jain organization name. These urns were of Jain monks living around 2500 years ago. Parkala is definitely an ancient site, and these pits need some ASI attention.

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