Chennai: Chairman of the Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin on Sundays directed at officials to accelerate rescue and assistance after heavy rain in Chennai and several parts of the country for the past 24 hours.
He instructed all members of the Parliamentary state and members of the Legislature to participate in rehabilitation work in the affected areas of their own constituencies and assembly constituencies.
According to official releases, 36 districts received heavy rainfall, where state capital recorded a highest number of 134.29 mm, while Ariyalur saw at least 0.20 mm in the last 24 hours.
Take stock of the situation, Stalin monitors aid operations in places that are flooded during the rain, commemorating the 2015 floods School nearby.
Directing authorities to ‘quickly’ involved in assistance work, Stalin asked local administrative officials, income and public welfare departments to take steps to ensure that there was no water logging and evacuating people living in low areas.
Instructions are also given to adhere to Covid-19 norms strictly in help camps.
After the unrelenting rainfall, the government stated holidays for schools and colleges in Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpet Regency on November 8 and 9.
The minister of the Chairman also appealed to people, who had traveled to the original place They were from Chennai to celebrate Deepavali, to celebrate delay their journey to the capital of the state three days considering the rain was unrelenting.
Toll free number 24 hours – 1070, has been set to receive complaints related to rain in the city.
With the onset of northeast Monsoon, Stalin said the rain received in the country was 334.64 mm between October 1 and November 7, which 44 percent more than normal rainfall received during the season.
Districts such as Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Tiruvarur, Villupuram, Erode, Karur, Cuddalore, Pulajottai, Pengambal received more than 60 percent of normal rainfall, and 5,106 aid camps have been established in the district, he said.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has established 160 relief camps in the city and senior officials have been nominated for overseeing rain relief work.
Four teams of national disaster response troops (NDRF) have been sent to Madurai, Chengalpet, Tiruvallur to assist in rescue work while the SDRF team has been sent to the Thanjavur and Cuddalore districts.
(With input from PTI)