Cyclone Ditwah: Fishing community in Dhanushkodi relocated to cyclone shelters

As a precautionary measurement for cyclone Ditwah, fisherfolk surviving successful the coastal villages of Danushkodi were evacuated and housed successful cyclone shelters present connected Friday.

Furthermore, devotees and tourists person been banned from travelling to Dhanushkodi successful vehicles.

As the Ditwah cyclone was formed successful the Southwest Bay of Bengal connected November 27, the Chennai Meteorological Centre warned that this strategy was apt to determination towards North Tamil Nadu, bringing the anticipation of dense rainfall to Ramanathapuram district.

Due to this, winds blew astatine a velocity of 50 km/hr successful the coastal areas of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait adjacent Pamban. Furthermore, determination was continuous rainfall accompanying the wind.

The oversea successful the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar regions of Dhanushkodi appeared rough. While bathing successful the Dhanushkodi oversea was prohibited earlier connected Thursday, the constabulary imposed a prohibition connected visiting the areas of Dhanushkodi, Mukuntharayar Chatram, and Arichal Munai, connected Friday too.

As a precautionary measurement fisher people from the Dhanushkodi sportfishing villages of Kambipaadu and Paalam were evacuated by the Disaster Response Team and Revenue Department officials and sheltered successful the multi-purpose cyclone extortion centres established connected Rameswaram Island. The Dhanushkodi roadworthy was besides closed.

Boats damaged

Due to dense winds and unsmooth oversea conditions, a mechanised sportfishing trawler anchored successful the Rameswaram oversea was grounded and damaged.

As Fisheries Department had antecedently advised fishermen not to task into the sea, fishermen successful the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait coastal areas, including Rameswaram, Pamban, Mandapam, Dhanushkodi, and Thangachimadam, person not gone sportfishing for the 5th consecutive day.

Additionally, the fig fourcyclone Warning cage has been hoisted astatine Pamban.

Train work stopped

Consequent to the dense upwind alert, obstruction postulation was besides suspended connected the Pamban Bridge, and trains were terminated astatine Mandapam and Ramanathapuram connected Friday.

Passenger trains bound for Rameswaram were operated lone up to Ramanathapuram, and explicit trains were operated lone up to Mandapam.

On Saturday, the rider bid moving from Madurai to Rameswaram volition tally lone up to Uchippuli Railway Station, said officials.

Additionally, the Southern Railway has announced that the pursuing trains would run lone up to Ramanathapuram Railway Station: Chennai-Rameswaram Express, Tambaram-Rameswaram Express, Thiruvananthapuram-Rameswaram Express, and Trichy-Rameswaram Express.

The Boat Mail (Rameswaram-Chennai) and Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram Express trains volition run lone up to Mandapam Railway Station.