Over the last three decades, lakhs of boulders have been swept away by the raging Arabian Sea along 50 km of the total 300 km coastline of Karnataka. With it, lives of those who lived on the seafront have also been destroyed.
Like previous years (except 2015 when the monsoon was weak), this year too the sea has been swallowing up at least 10 houses on the coast and leaving another 50 under threat. Photojournalist H.S. Manjunath sends shots from the scene.
A resident clearing the branches of coconut tree which collapsed due to sea erosion at Mukkacheri, in Ullal near Mangaluru on Thursday. PHOTO: H.S. MANJUNATH.
A coconut tree uprooted due to sea erosion at Uchila Someshwara near Mangaluru. PHOTO: H.S. MANJUNATH
A resident of Mukkacheri looking at the sea, the residents facing sea erosion problems every year during the monsoon at Ullal near Mangaluru. PHOTO : H.S. MANJUNATH.
A coconut tree uprooted due to sea erosion at Uchila Someshwara near Mangaluru. PHOTO : H S MANJUNATH
Erosion intensified at sea-shore at Ullala near Mangaluru on Thursday following rains. Photo: PTI
A resident of Mukkacheri looking at the sea, the residents facing sea erosion problems every year during the monsoon at Ullal near Mangaluru. PHOTO : H.S. MANJUNATH