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Widespread rainfall continued successful the territory connected Friday besides with the places successful the Western Ghats specified arsenic Maanjolai, Naalumukku, Kaakkaachi and Ooththu recorded dense downpour.
As the northeast monsoon started successful the territory connected Thursday with wide rainfall, the showers continued connected Friday also. While the hamlets successful the Western Ghats recorded dense downpour, different areas of the territory excessively received decent rainfall. Consequently, influx of h2o into each dams successful the territory is gradually increasing.
As the drainage transmission betwixt Santhimariththamman Temple successful Thatchanallur and Sankarankovil Road has been blocked astatine respective places, the sewage and rainwater entered a fewer houses connected this engaged stretch.
“Since the traders having their shops connected this roadworthy person closed the drainage channels with factual slabs, the blocks caused by discarded integrative bags, integrative bottles, liquor bottles etc. could not beryllium removed. Hence, the rainwater mixed with the sewage overflowing sewage channels has entered a fewer houses connected this road,” complained the residents.
After the agitated nationalist alerted the Tirunelveli Corporation officials, they removed the blocks successful the drainage channels and drained the sewage stagnating wrong the houses.
The extortion of a country successful the archetypal level of a 50-year-old location connected Sundarar Street successful Tirunelveli Town crashed down connected Friday pursuing dense rain, successful which nary 1 was injured. Revenue officials visited the spot.
Rainfall successful the territory (in mm): Naalumukku – 163, Ooththu – 152, Kaakkaachi – 144, Maanjolai – 113, Kalakkad – 81, Ambasamudram – 77, Nambiyar Dam – 59, Nanguneri – 57, Kodumudiyar Dam – 55, Manimuthar Dam – 54, Kannadiyan Channel – 53, Servalar Dam – 49, Cheranmahadevi – 46, Papansam Dam – 37, Palayamkottai – 26, Tirunelveli – 21 and Radhapuram – 15.
All waterfalls successful Courtallam successful Tenkasi territory proceed to person dense influx of h2o and hence bathing has been banned successful each waterfalls specified arsenic Five Falls, Main Falls and Old Courtallam waterfalls for the 2nd time connected Friday. Consequently, the Chittar is successful spate and hence the territory medication has cautioned the nationalist against taking bath successful the swelling river.
The stagnant rainwater successful the fields has severely affected the bulb harvest successful Kasi Viswanathapuram, Karuththapillaiyoor and different areas of Tenkasi district. “Even arsenic the harvest was astir to start, the dense downpour has caused h2o stagnation successful the fields and hence the bulb whitethorn rot,” accidental the farmers, who are moving overtime to drain the stagnant h2o arsenic they person spent anyplace betwixt ₹35,000 and ₹50,000 per acre for cultivating onion.
Rainfall successful the territory (in mm): Ramanadhi Dam – 54, Gadananadhi Dam – 48, Aayikudi – 37, Shencottai – 34, Gundar Dam – 28, Tenkasi – 14, Adavinainarkovil Dam – 11, Sivagiri and Sankarankovil – 10 and Karuppanadhi Dam – 7.50.
