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NEW DELHI: A bridge collapsed near Anthony Puram on the Thoothukudi-Madurai highway in the Thoothukudi district as rain-ravaged Tamil Nadu continues to suffer incessant rainfall that has wreaked havoc not witnessed since 1871, particularly in the southern districts.
The record rainfall in the last two days has severely affected nearly 40 lakh people living in the Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.
The situation remains alarming in Srivaikuntam and Tuticorin towns due to large flooding in the river Thamirabarani and the adjoining areas. CM MK Stalin-led state government has termed the rainfall ‘unprecedented’, even as four IAF helicopters, two Navy helicopters and two Coast Guard choppers are hovering over the affected region to rescue stranded people and drop food items for those stranded.
Kayalpattinam in Tuticorin recorded a massive 95cm rainfall on Monday, while several towns in Tuticorin recorded more than 60cm of rain with rivers and channels in spate. The 37 monitoring stations in the region recorded extremely heavy rainfall.
The record rainfall in the last two days has severely affected nearly 40 lakh people living in the Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts.
The situation remains alarming in Srivaikuntam and Tuticorin towns due to large flooding in the river Thamirabarani and the adjoining areas. CM MK Stalin-led state government has termed the rainfall ‘unprecedented’, even as four IAF helicopters, two Navy helicopters and two Coast Guard choppers are hovering over the affected region to rescue stranded people and drop food items for those stranded.
Kayalpattinam in Tuticorin recorded a massive 95cm rainfall on Monday, while several towns in Tuticorin recorded more than 60cm of rain with rivers and channels in spate. The 37 monitoring stations in the region recorded extremely heavy rainfall.
Here are the top developments:
- The Indian Air Force has deployed Medium Lift Helicopters (MLH) and Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Dhruv for HADR (Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief) efforts.
- Chief minister
MK Stalin has urged Union defence minister Rajnath Singh to urgently deploy more helicopters for rescue and relief in the southern districts. - A rescue operation is underway in Tirunelveli after heavy rain has wreaked havoc in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanyakumari, while the Indian Army on Tuesday completed the rescue operation at Nanalkadu.
- Considering the reduced inflow of water into the reservoir, the authorities on Tuesday decided not to open the Mullaperiyar dam, which had experienced heavy rainfall in its catchment area the previous day.
- AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday claimed that affected people in the rain-battered southern districts have been suffering for want of food for the last three days.
- KKSSR Ramachandran, state’s revenue and disaster management minister. said the work of delivering food by helicopter to stranded passengers at Srivaikuntam railway station is underway. He has that tri-servicemen have been trying with six helicopters. The minister said that a total of 625 personnel and 230 trainee personnel are working in the field in disaster recovery.
- Ramachandran said that 83 houses were partially damaged and 46 houses were completely damaged in the Tenkasi district and that the state government is taking steps to compensate for the damaged crops in the Tenkasi district.
- MK Stalin trended with #MissingCM posts on the social media platform X on Tuesday. The posts ridiculed Stalin for attending the opposition INDIA bloc meeting in the national capital rather than visiting the flood-hit places in the state. The hashtag was started by the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP.
- The Tamil Nadu chief minister is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The chief minister had sought an appointment with the PM to seek funds to take up relief and restoration work in districts ravaged by cyclone Michaung.
- Earlier, the chief minister deployed nine ministers and a battery of IAS officers to take up rescue and relief operations in the affected districts.
(With agencies input)
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