Mangalore : With the coastal districts of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi receiving heavy rain, various places along the coast are witnessing severe sea erosion as the intensity of which is more than what they received last year .
Areas like Ullal, Mogaveerapatna, Kotepura, Someshawara, in DK District, Tenka Yermal, Malpe, Kundapur, Bengre, Madhwanagar in Padubidri and Tenka village in Udupi district are the worst hit.
This year, the erosion is so severe that a fisheries road in Tenka Yermal which was paver-finished last year eroded in five places on Wednesday during the high tide. Six houses in the coastal region are facing the danger as the sea reached their walls crossing the boulders that were placed as a last resort against erosion.
Sea erosion in Malpe continued even on Wednesday though the rain has receded in Udupi. Sea erosion had started near Hanuman Nagar and Kola areas in Malpe on Sunday and continued on Wednesday.