Rains submerge makeshift bridge, put Kudru residents at risk
The Hindu
Residents of the island have to cross swollen Netravathi river on boat every monsoon
Unseasonal rains as well as the barrage-cum-bridge at Adyar Padavu across Netravathi river appear to have dashed the hopes of Pavoor Uliya Kudru residents who used to build a makeshift footbridge after every monsoon to reach the mainland, at Adyar on NH 75.
Members of around 40 households in Kudru (a river island) pool in money and get some donations to build the footbridge every year. Initially, they had spent about ₹15 lakh for steel pipes and wood planks under the guidance of Fr. Jerald Lobo, parish priest of Infant Jesus shrine on the Kudru. While boats are the only option to cross the swollen Netravathi during the monsoon, they conceptualised a makeshift bridge when rains recede. They would dismantle the bridge during the monsoon. This was after government agencies failed to address their demand for a permanent bridge.