Khyati Shree Instagram – These houses I found in ruins were at Uchila beach in Ullal, only 20 minutes from Mangalore. I went to Uchila beach to stay at an Airbnb and to experience my first coastal Karnataka city. Karnataka has a long coastal line and Ullal is at its southernmost point hardly 10 minutes away from Kerala border. I dumped my luggage as soon as I reached my room and headed to the beach that was just a 1 minute away, the beach was empty, with no people and no shops only a few fishermen who were fishing at distance. Entering into the sea was not possible, it was unsafe because of high tides and also because the whole beach was lined with heavy boulders to protect the village from sea erosion. It seemed a step too late because a dozen of houses seem to have already vanished, families have left their homes and from what the locals told me houses on the other side of the road also face threat of sea flooding in near future despite of granite reinforcement of the beach. A person told me, 15 years back the sea used to be much further away and Govt. has declared this area unsafe and prone to sea destruction. The village is nice and people are living slow paced lives, don’t get Uber or Ola cabs here, there are no big resorts or hotels on this beach. The houses here are big, with big unkept gardens, the roads are narrow but mostly empty, life here seems peaceful and I could see why it would be hard to leave this life even at the face of danger.
#karnatakatourism #karnataka #karnatakavillage | Posted on 20/Aug/2024 11:07:57
