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An authoritative squad led by Gobichettipalayam Sub-Collector S. Sivanandham connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025) inspected the flooded Palar stream adjacent Kuttaiyur colony successful Bargur Hills to measure the situation.
Following dense rainfall successful the region, flash floods occurred successful Palar connected Monday (October 20, 2025), leaving 3 villages, Kuttaiyur, Velampatti, and Mattimarahalli, located on the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka border marooned and chopped disconnected from the mainland.
A study on “Villages marooned” was published in The Hindu dated October 22, 2025, aft which the authoritative team, including the Anthiyur Tahsildar and different gross officials, visited the affected area.
As Kuttaiyur could not beryllium reached from Makkampalayam in Erode territory owed to the swollen river, the squad took a 54-km way via Bargur Hills to Kargekandi in Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, and travelled another 24 km to Jallipalayam before crossing backmost into Tamil Nadu to scope the other slope of Kuttaiyur.
However, since the Palar was inactive successful spate, the squad could not transverse implicit to the village. A fewer section residents risked their lives to wade crossed the stream and interacted with the officials.
Residents told the squad that their colony had remained cut disconnected for 4 days, leaving them incapable to bargain indispensable items. They urged the medication to construct a span crossed Palar to supply imperishable connectivity.
Officials informed the villagers that a proposal for the span has already been submitted to the government for approval.
An authoritative said roadworthy accessibility from adjacent hamlets, including Makkampalayam, to Kuttaiyur was studied, and a study would beryllium submitted to the district medication for indispensable action. The authoritative said essentials were supplied to the residents done the part-time ration store earlier Deepavali.
