Areas closer to Western Ghats record good rainfall; bathing banned in Courtallam waterfalls

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Areas person to the Western Ghats successful Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts received bully rainfall connected Friday nighttime and Saturday.

While places similar Maanjolai, Naalumukku, Ooththu and Kakachi, each successful the Western Ghats proceed to grounds bully rainfall, determination was nary dense rainfall successful immoderate portion of the territory which were located distant from the hilly region. However, the chaotic streams created by the incessant drizzle successful the plains swelled the Tamirabharani connected Saturday. Consequently, the Murugan Temple astatine Kurkuthurai became inaccessible.

Bathing astatine ‘Thalaiyanai’ successful Kalakkad and Nambi Temple person been banned arsenic the Vadakku Pachaiyar River and Nambiyar River are successful spate.

District Collector R. Sukumar inspected a fewer places on the Thamirabarani watercourse connected Saturday, which experienced flooding during the northeast monsoon successful the past and instructed the heads of section bodies and the Block Development Officers to desilt each drainage and tempest h2o channels that drain the rainwater into the adjacent irrigation channels and yet into the river.

Mayor G. Ramakrishnan, Commissioner Monika Rana and elder officials of Tirunelveli Corporation inspected the ongoing desilting of the drainage and tempest h2o channels successful the ‘twin towns’ of Tirunelveli and Palayamkottai. They besides ordered the removal of encroachments astatine a fewer places which were obstructing the travel of stagnant rainwater into the channels.

Rainfall successful the district: Naalumukku – 101, Kaakkaachi – 90, Maanjolai and Ooththu – 80, Radhapuram – 47, Servalar Dam – 44, Cheranmahadevi – 37, Kannadiyan Channel – 33, Manimuthar Dam – 27, Ambasamudram – 22, Palayamkottai – 21, Nambiyar Dam – 20, Kodumudiyar Dam – 17, Tirunelveli and Kalakkad – 16, Papanasam – 11 and Nanguneri and Moolaikkaraipatti – 6.

In Tenkasi district, overnight rainfall continued successful respective parts of the territory and places similar Tenkasi, Shencottai and Aayikudi and the catchment areas of the dams received bully rainfall connected Friday nighttime and Saturday.

Bathing successful the Main Falls, Five Falls and the Old Courtallam Falls was banned connected Saturday besides arsenic h2o was flowing dangerously successful each these h2o falls pursuing incessant beardown drizzle and little but dense downpour on the Western Ghats.

Rainfall successful the district: Tenkasi – 99, Shencottai and Aayikudi – 96, Gundar Dam – 88, Ramanadhi Dam – 86, Gadananadhi Dam – 80, Sivagiri – 75, Sankarankovil – 38 and Adavinainarkovil Dam and Karuppanadhi Dam – 35.

Published - October 18, 2025 08:43 p.m. IST

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