NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, AUG 9
A40-year-old woman became the first victim of the heavy rains as a huge tree fell on her while she was working in a tea estate in Gudalur in Nilgiris district on Monday, police said. Sumathi was plucking tea leaves in an estate when the incident happened. She died on the spot, the police said.
மாண்புமிகு தமிழ்நாடுமுதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin உத்தரவின்படி,மாண்புமிகுவனத்துறை அமைச்சர் @Ramachandranmla அவர்கள்கூடலூர் ஓவேலிபகுதியில்மரம்விழுந்துஅகால மரணமடைந்த திருமதி.சுமதி குடும்பத்தினருக்கு @TNDisasterFund ரூ.4 இலட்சம் நிவாரணத்தொகை காசோலையினை வழங்கினார்உடன்மாவட்ட ஆட்சியர்உள்ளார் pic.twitter.com/t19NqXU3VI
— Collector & DM, The Nilgiris (@collrnlg) August 9, 2022
Gudalur police have registered a case and begun investigations.
Normal life across the district was affected due to the continuous rains for the last few days, as more than 400 trees have got uprooted in Coonoor, Gudalur, Kothagiri, Kunda and Ooty and three houses collapsed in the rains, the police said.
கனமழையால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு நீலகிரி கூடலூர்புத்தூர்வயல் அரசுபள்ளி நிவாரணமுகாமில்தங்கி இருப்பவர்களுக்கு மாண்புமிகுவனத்துறைஅமைச்சர் @Ramachandranmla மாவட்டஆட்சியர் இன்று09.08.22அத்தியாவசிய பொருட்கள்மற்றும்துணிகளைவழங்கினர் @mkstalin @CMOTamilnadu @TNDIPRNEWS #Nilgiris #disasterrelief pic.twitter.com/QHqhb97OlI
— Collector & DM, The Nilgiris (@collrnlg) August 9, 2022
- Normal life across the district was affected due to the continuous rains for the last few days, as more than 400 trees have got uprooted in Coonoor, Gudalur, Kothagiri, Kunda and Ooty and three houses collapsed in the rains
- With the heavy inflow, the quantity of discharge water may increase to 1.60 lakh cusecs and the people on the Cauvery river banks have been issued a flood alert to move to safer places
About 150 tribals from two villages were taken to relief centre in Torapallali, they said.
Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ramachandran said the government machinery and district administration were working in full swing and taking up rescue operations. All necessary facilities are being provided to those in the relief centres, he said.
The machinery is kept ready to cut trees posing a danger to people and houses, he said adding that as a preventive measure, the officials and staff from the departments of police, fire and rescue force, highway, and electricity board were directed to be ready for any eventualities.
Meanwhile, 1.40 lakh cusecs of water was discharged from Stanley Reservoir in Mettur Dam in Salem district, as there was heavy inflow to the dam, which has already crossed its capacity of 120 feet.
With the heavy inflow, the quantity of discharge water may increase to 1.60 lakh cusecs and the people on the Cauvery river banks have been issued a flood alert to move to safer places, sources said.
A flood alert was sounded on the banks of the Bhavani River in Mettupalayam and Sirumugai in Coimbatore district, as nearly 23,000 cusecs of water was being discharged from Pilloor Dam, officials said.
