Rain relents in southern districts, Collectors start relief operations

Rain has relented to a greater grade successful confederate districts to let authoritative machinery to commencement alleviation operations and repairing of damaged infrastructure.

Tirunelveli Collector R. Sukumar dispelled the rumour that the Tamirabharani watercourse would acquisition flooding connected Tuesday nighttime pursuing accrued discharge of h2o from Papanasam and Manimuthar dams successful the territory and Gadananadhi and Ramanadhi dams successful Tenkasi district.

“The watercourse tin grip up to 60,000 cusecs of water. The 19,000 cusecs of h2o released successful the stream connected Monday greeting roseate to 32,787 connected Tuesday owed to the 12,000 cusecs released from the overflowing Gadananadhi and Ramanadhi dams. The concern is nether power and the discharge has been reduced accordingly aft rainfall astir stopped successful the territory portion a fewer places successful the Western Ghats unsocial recorded important rainfall till 8 a.m. connected Tuesday,” said Mr. Sukumar, who inspected the Tamirabharani astatine a fewer spots.

The discharge from Papanasam dam, which was implicit 12,000 cusecs till Tuesday morning, was reduced to 2,000 cusecs astatine 2 p.m. aft the inflow into the reservoir fell sharply.

The Collector said men and worldly had been kept acceptable successful the 72 flood-prone areas of the district. A TNDRF team, with 26 men, had been stationed astatine Palayamkottai, and the NDRF squad astatine Valliyoor could unreserved to immoderate spot rapidly for rescue operations.

He said paddy raised connected 20 hectares was submerged and appraisal would beryllium done aft the rainwater receded. “Even though plantain harm adjacent Mela Seval, Keezha Seval, Pirnacheri and Chockalingapuram was initially estimated to beryllium astir a lakh, it is not so. We volition survey the affected fields soon,” helium said, adding 15 houses were partially damaged successful the rains.

In Courtallam successful Tenkasi district, bathing prohibition continued for the 5th time connected Tuesday successful each large waterfalls pursuing dense h2o flow.

All the 5 reservoirs successful the territory – Gadana (the maximum capableness 85 feet), Ramanadhi (84 ft.), Karuppanadhi (72 ft.), Gundar (36 ft.) and Adavinainarkovil (132 ft.) dams – person astir reached their maximum level.

Social Welfare Minister P. Geetha Jeevan, Collector K. Elambahavath, Commissioner C. Priyanka, Mayor Jegan Periyasamy and MP Kanimozhi visited immoderate areas successful Thoothukudi wherever rainwater is stagnating. Stagnant rainwater is being pumped retired astatine Adhiparasakthi Nagar, Rahmath Nagar, P&T Colony, Kathirvel Nagar, Kokkur and different areas.

“Twenty-nine huts and 2 houses person been partially damaged successful the district,” Mr. Elambahavath said.

The h2o travel successful Thirparappu Falls successful Kanniyakumari territory was good supra information mark, forcing officials to prohibition bathing. “Pechipparai dam has h2o up to 44 ft. against the maximum level of 48 ft. Even arsenic inflow was 1,294 cusecs, 1,835 cusecs of h2o is discharged from the reservoir, and hence Thirparappu waterfalls swelled,” said the officials.

Collector R. Alagumeena said section bodies and the officials were urging the radical not to spell adjacent waterbodies.

Significant rainfall figures recorded successful the 24 hours till 6 a.m. connected Tuesday successful the 4 confederate districts were (in mm): Ooththu 167, Nalumukku 165, Kakkachi 143, Manjolai 132, Kayalpattinam 38, Balamore 34, Papanasam dam 31, Kulasekarapattinam 27, Gadananadhi dam 25, Tiruchendur 21, Moolaikkaraipatti 20, Servalar dam 18, Ambasamudram 17, Kuzhithurai 16, Nanguneri 15, Manimuthar dam, Srivaikundam and Adaiyamadai 14 each, Radhapuram, Sathankulam, Surulacode and Soorankudi 13 each, Puththen dam 12, Kannadiyan Channel, Kottaram and Perunchani dam 11 each, and Nambiyar dam and Ramanadhi dam 10 each.