Fishermen of Puducherry, Karaikal regions directed not to venture into sea

The authorities has issued an advisory to the fishermen of Puducherry and Karaikal regions not to task into the oversea till Wednesday greeting arsenic a precautionary measurement pursuing the enactment of a upwind strategy successful the Bay of Bengal.

The Fisheries department, too advising fishermen not to task into the oversea has directed each those already retired successful the oversea for sportfishing to instrumentality to the seashore astatine the earliest.

While Puducherry received astir 28.6 mm of rainfall from 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. connected Tuesday, Karaikal portion received 39.7 mm rainfall during the aforesaid time. Some parts of Puducherry, including Rainbow Nagar, Krishna Nagar, Pavanan Nagar and East Coast Road (ECR) witnessed insignificant water-logging connected Tuesday morning. As the strength of rainfall reduced, h2o started receding from these places, said a Revenue official.

“We person taken each precautionary steps to woody with dense rainfall. The Public Works Department (PWD) and Municipality workers person been directed to drain retired h2o from low-lying areas utilizing pumpsets,” helium said.

Home Minister A. Namassivayam has declared a vacation for each schools and colleges successful Puducherry and Karaikal connected Wednesday arsenic some regions are expected to person dense rainfall from Tuesday night. 

Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan connected Tuesday evening visited the State Emergency Operation Centre to reappraisal rainfall preparedness. He held discussions with Puducherry Collector A. Kulothungan and different officials connected exigency measures being enactment successful place, an authoritative merchandise present said. 

Karaikal Collector A.S.P. S Ravi Prakash on with officials of Revenue, Public Works and Local Administration departments inspected water-logged areas successful Karaikal South and North constituencies. He said definite areas, particularly the low-lying localities and those situated adjacent to stormwater drains, suffered insignificant water-logging. After determination was a fto up successful the rainfall successful the evening, h2o started receding. The full machinery has been geared up to grip immoderate eventuality arising retired of dense rainfall, helium said.