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Rain lashes successful Thoothukudi District connected Friday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH
Continuous rainfall has been lashing Thoothukudi territory since Friday morning, owing to cyclonic tempest ‘Ditwah’, which is prevailing implicit coastal Sri Lanka and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal.
According to Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, the tempest is apt to determination north-northwestwards crossed Sri Lankan seashore and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal and scope implicit southwest Bay of Bengal adjacent northbound Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and southbound Andhra Pradesh coasts by November 30 (Sunday) morning.
In Thoothukudi district, dependable and mean rainfall has continued passim the day, affecting the mean life. The V.O.C. Port successful Thoothukudi has continued the 4th informing awesome for the 2nd consecutive time until Friday, owed to the cyclonic storm.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a reappraisal gathering connected Friday, assessing exigency preparedness and alleviation actions with territory collectors done video conference. Thoothukudi collector K. Elambahavath participated, and the main curate inquired astir flood conditions successful Thoothukudi and issued respective instructions.
Following the main minister’s meeting, Mr. Elambahavath held an exigency gathering via video league with officials to sermon flood precautionary measures.
Speaking astatine the meeting, the collector has instructed each departments to enactment intimately and beryllium afloat prepared. Arrangements indispensable beryllium made to accommodate affected residents successful alleviation centres.
He added that rescue and alleviation teams indispensable beryllium kept acceptable and indispensable provisions, including beverage and different necessities indispensable beryllium stocked successful alleviation camps. Mr. Elambahavath noted that further absorption should beryllium fixed to flood prone areas.
Residents surviving adjacent Marudhur and Srivaikuntam anicut, villages on the Thamirabarani stream from Kaliyavur to Punnaikayal and those adjacent Korampallam vessel and different waterbodies person been instructed to enactment safe.
The collector further directed the officials to intimately show Marudhur and Srivaikuntam anicuts, Korampallam vessel and Uppar odai and instrumentality indispensable enactment to forestall harm and support residents.
