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As the northeast monsoon is apt to summation momentum successful the coming days, the territory administrations person started mounting up the alleviation camps to accommodate the rain-hit families.
The Tenkasi territory medication has projected to make alleviation camps successful 40 places crossed the territory wherever the radical relocated from the affected areas volition beryllium kept temporarily until the concern improves. Most of these alleviation camps are to beryllium acceptable up successful the schools situated successful safer and elevated places.
While h2o level successful each 5 dams successful the territory is being monitored by the Public Works Department officials, the revenue, section assemblage and the PWD officials are jointly supervising the retention successful the systemised and non-systemised tanks.
“In the caller rains, 14 huts and six tiled houses person suffered damage, and owed alleviation has been disbursed to these families. While horticultural crops raised connected 5.67 hectares and cultivation crops connected 9.06 hectares had been destroyed by the downpour, the affected farmers volition get owed compensation and the security benefits if they had insured their crops,” said District Collector A.K. Kamal Kishore.
As T. Madathi, 75, of Kurichi successful Palayamkottai Taluk was killed precocious arsenic the extortion of her location crashed down, District Collector R. Sukumar handed implicit the solatium of ₹4 lakh to the affected family.
Dr. Sukumar said survey of each irrigation tanks – some systemised and non-systemised - successful the territory had been completed good successful beforehand to measure the functioning of the shutters and the spot of bunds. Sandbags had been kept acceptable successful the section bodies having irrigation tanks, ponds and channels.
“Based connected the past experiences, each precautionary measures person been enactment successful spot to guarantee the information of the people,” Dr. Sukumar said portion chairing a reappraisal gathering held recently.
The Public Works Department officials of Thoothukudi territory person been asked to show each the irrigation tanks nether their medication portion gross officials person been entrusted with the occupation of perpetually checking the retention level successful different rain-fed tanks. Sufficient fig of sandbags had been stacked successful the irrigation tanks to plug the breaches, if any.
“Since the unexpected breaches successful the systemised and non-systemised tanks successful the past had caused marooning of respective parts of Thoothukudi including Muthammal Colony, Korampallam and District Collectorate, these h2o bodies are nether changeless monitoring. Even though the bunds of the h2o bodies had been strengthened, the officials volition instrumentality steps for discharging h2o from these tanks earlier the retention level crosses the permissible level,” said Minister for Social Welfare P. Geetha Jeevan during informal chat with the reporters.
The Corporation has kept acceptable 38 pumping stations successful Thoothukudi Town nether the supervision of the officials of the municipality civic assemblage to drain the stagnant rainwater arsenic this coastal municipality was battling the worst flooding successful the past 2 years.
In Nagercoil, the Corporation has created temorary alleviation camps astatine six spots including Kavimani Government Higher Secondary School, Meenakshipuram Government Higher Secondary School and a matrimony hallway successful Vadaseri.
“We’ve created each basal needs including aesculapian assistance successful these alleviation camps,” said R. Magesh, Nagercoil Corporation Mayor.
