A wind storm followed by rains uprooted several trees and damaged several electric poles in Urva and adjoining places in Mangaluru on Saturday morning.
The wind storm, around 6 a.m., brought down the hoarding placed near the Infosys office in Kottara. A transformer was also damaged behind the office. A few old trees on the premises of Zilla Panchayat were uprooted and several electricity poles were damaged in the area following the fall of trees over the power supply lines.
Sheets placed on the roofs of several houses flew away. One among them was of the Bainary apartment in the Daddlkad area, officials said. The uprooting of trees and damage to electricity poles were reported in Lohit Nagar, Kottara, Malemar and adjoining areas. Power supply in these areas was disrupted.
