KANYAKUMARI: announced the government is considering a two-pronged approached to crisis management in Kanyakumari district, earnings and crisis management ministry K S S T Ramachandran told reporters on Thursday that finance won’t be a restriction in disaster reduction and management.
The ministry was responding to queries regarding compensating affected individuals and repairing damages brought on by the heavy rain as a consequence of Cyclone Yaas from Kanyakumari area on Tuesday and Wednesdayin June.
“We’re taking a look at short-term steps like monetary requirements and functions to be performed to fix the damages and long distance steps to prevent these damages later on,” he added.
Information technology ministry and Padmanabhapuram MLA T Mano Thangaraj stated that 252 huts are ruined by the torrential rain at the district this past month, 24 of these entirely.
Rain due to Cyclone Yaas ruined 110 huts on Wednesday.
“So far we’ve received reports that over 1,600 acres of banana farm was ruined but complaints of harm are all pouring in.
Other plants have been assessed by groups of inter-department officials,” he explained.
District collector M Aravid and officials were present throughout the trip.
K K S S T Ramachandran, who scrutinized the rain-affected regions on Thursday evening, informed me they scrutinized three areas containing two in which there were important tank bund breaches.
The team and ministry will go to a couple more affected areas on Friday.
Stating that his trip has been founded on a report searched from the chief minister regarding the damage brought on by rain, Ramachandran stated it will be assessed along with the requirements determined at the inspection meeting in Nagercoil on Friday.
Meanwhile, the heavy rain at the Western Ghats has led to water level rising 9.
6 ft to 129.
2 ft in Papanasam dam along with 16.
1 ft in Servalar dam at Tirunelveli district on Wednesday.
That is the maximum water level in both of these reservoirs throughout the summer in the past six decades.
Water degree in Manimuthar increased near four feet and from 5.
3 ft in Kodumudiyar dam.