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Saturday, Sep 18, 2004

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Around the City

By Our Staff Reporter

Temperature

MADURAI, SEPT. 17. The city today registered a maximum temperature of 34.1 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 24 degrees Celsius. The Madurai airport received 2.1 mm of rainfall till 8.30 a.m. today.

Heavy rain lashes city

A heavy downpour, accompanied by gusty winds, lashed the city for over an hour in the evening, affecting vehicular traffic on arterial roads and around bus stands. Many areas got inundated putting to hardship pedestrians and two-wheeler riders.

The level in the Periyar dam stood at 114.40 feet with an inflow of 273 cusecs and a discharge of 625 cusecs. The level in the Vaigai dam was 37.01 feet with an inflow of 467 cusecs and a discharge of 30 cusecs. The combined Periyar was 2277 mcft.

Andipatti recorded the highest rainfall of 48 mm in the region, followed by Melur — 28, Manjalar Dam — 18, Marudanadhi — 16, Thaniyamangalam — 7, Veerapandi — 6, Viraganur — 5, Kuppannampatti — 4, Sothuparai Dam — 3, Idayapatti — 3, Madurai — 3, Peranai — 1, Sathayar Dam — 1 and Kallandhiri — 1.

Hindi Day celebrations

K. Lakshminarasimhan, Deputy General Manager and Chief Regional Manager, Indian Overseas Bank, highlighted the importance of learning Hindi at a function held at the circle office to mark the Hindi Day celebrations.

E. Sundar Raju, Assistant General Manager, and Ramakrishnan, Chief Manager, spoke. B. Balakrishnan, Official Language Officer, welcomed the gathering.

Reading, conversation and other competitions for elders and rhymes, story-telling, painting and essay contests for children were organised at the circle office of the Canara Bank, as part of the Hindi Day celebrations.

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