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Several coastal villages successful Mayiladuthurai district, peculiarly successful Sirkazhi and Tharangambadi taluks, are reeling nether oversea erosion and stagnant floodwater, with fisher hamlets chopped disconnected for days, boats buried nether sand, and astatine slightest 25 houses marooned arsenic residents blasted mediocre drainage, encroachments, and delayed authoritative effect to the interaction of Cyclone Ditwah.
“In Tharangambadi sportfishing harbour, the lights are damaged and h2o is stagnating wrong the basin itself,” said A. Kalaimathi, president of a fisherwomen’s federation. She told The Hindu that families successful respective villages were idle due to the fact that neither the oversea nor the harbour was safe.
At Chandrapadi, seawater surged astir 200 metres into the land, surrounding astir 100 houses. Fisherfolk said they were disquieted astir the information of walls and their belongings which had been deed by waves of saline water.
Fishermen successful Puduppettai reported erosion of the seashore portion Chinnamedu experienced caller seawater intrusion that affected drying yards. In Poompuhar, h2o stagnation was reported wrong the harbour area. At Puthukkupam and Pazhayar, stagnant h2o successful low-lying pockets and on large pathways had made question difficult.
In Sirkazhi taluk, streets successful Vanagiri remained nether stagnant water, peculiarly successful the low-lying stretches. At Thirumullaivasal, residents said rainwater had entered the houses. In Thoduvai, fishers complained that the formation had “shrunk”, with soil scoured distant by waves; JCBs were deployed to wide soil and slush, but waterlogging persisted successful Kottaimedu and Chinna Kottaimedu, wherever rainwater is yet to drain.
In the interior coastal belt, vacant plots and communal spaces successful Kuttiyandiyur and Vellakoil villages were nether water. The full Perumal Pettai panchayat was nether sheets of water.
R. Bala, a nonmigratory of the tsunami quarters astatine Perumal Pettai, said low-lying portions of the rehabilitation country had remained waterlogged for days with families forced to locomotion successful stagnant pools for basal needs.
At Vel Nagar successful Koozhaiyar colony adjacent Sirkazhi, astir 25 houses person been marooned for implicit 4 days. “For the past 2 days, our houses person been surrounded by rainwater. We are struggling adjacent for drinking h2o and food, and determination is nary motion of relief,” said R. Kavitha, a resident.
At Kaliappanallur panchayat successful Tharangambadi taluk, residents of N.N. Saavadi Pudhu Theru, Rathinam Theru and Ambedkar Nagar said astir 100 houses had been surrounded by rainwater for much than 3 days. Water entered implicit 5 houses, forcing families to fastener up and instrumentality structure with relatives. R. Ramu, a resident, said they had to locomotion astir 100 metres done knee-deep h2o conscionable to scope the main road.
A akin concern prevailed astatine Eduthukatti Saathanur panchayat’s South Street, wherever astir 60 families live.
Wall collapse
In Keelapattamangalam panchayat, successful Mayiladuthurai taluk, a pistillate was injured erstwhile a conception of a partition collapsed owed to incessant rain. The broadside partition of a tiled location belonging to Ponnusamy collapsed onto a neighbouring hut belonging to Varadarajan, injuring his woman Gandhimathi, 52. She has been admitted to the Mayiladuthurai Government Hospital.
At Tharangambadi beach, authorities said the oversea was unsmooth with waves rising much than 10 feet and rainwater forming pools successful the soil agelong successful beforehand of the Danish Fort. Despite this, tourists and section visitors walked adjacent to the waterline connected Sunday.
