Inchara Udupi
Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (EP)

Udupi, Jul 21: A well belonging to Usha R Bhat near Kalikamba Temple in Kaup Padu village suddenly suffered a crash and collapsed into further depths of the earth on the morning of Monday July 21. The locals were taken aback at this sudden development.

It is said that at around 4 am on Monday, a thundering noise was heard from the well. Ramesh Acharya and his wife, who stay in the house on rent, came out and observed that the well was getting sucked inside, and its walls were collapsing. The pavement of the well and the pump shed has also got buried underground in the process.

The old well is said to be very deep and there used to be water in it throughout the year. The well that collapsed, met drinking water requirement of the people living in its neighbouhood throughout the year, and it is estimated to have caused loss of several lacs of rupees considering the present cost of construction.

The area had received incessant rains since the last three to four days, and it is felt that excessive enrichment of underground water table around the well would have loosened the soil and triggered its collapse.