Tamil Nadu government fully prepared to face northeast monsoon, says Stalin

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Sunday said the State authorities had taken each precautionary measures to look the northeast monsoon. He besides directed officials to wage peculiar attraction and intimately show areas prone to waterlogging successful Chennai.

The Chief Minister chaired a reappraisal gathering with elder officials astatine the State Emergency Operations Centre astatine Ezhilagam successful Chennai. Speaking to reporters aft the meeting, helium said, “Heavy rainfall has been recorded successful Theni, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, and parts of the Nilgiris. There is nary information oregon hazard astatine present. Since forecasts bespeak dense rainfall connected October 21 and 22, we person already enactment successful spot precautionary measures.”

Mr. Stalin said that currently, determination was nary request to evacuate residents surviving on riverbanks oregon coastal areas to alleviation camps. However, each Collectors person been instructed to stay prepared, helium added.

According to a property release, the onset of the northeast monsoon connected October 16 brought wide rainfall crossed Tamil Nadu betwixt October 16 and 18. Kanniyakumari, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Theni, Coimbatore, and the Nilgiris districts recorded an mean rainfall of 12 mm.

The Chief Minister besides reviewed, via video conference, the harm caused by dense rainfall successful Tiruvarur, Tenkasi, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Theni, Coimbatore, and the Nilgiris districts, and assessed the precautionary measures successful place. He directed territory administrations to guarantee the information of residents successful low-lying areas and on riverbanks and relocate them to alleviation camps if needed.

Mr. Stalin instructed officials to support alleviation camps, with indispensable facilities specified arsenic food, drinking water, and aesculapian services, ready. He directed authorities successful Tiruvarur territory to support uninterrupted paddy procurement and expedite transport of paddy bags procured astatine nonstop acquisition centres to warehouses. He besides reviewed the rainfall preparedness successful Chennai and directed officials to wage peculiar attraction and intimately show areas prone to waterlogging, the merchandise added.