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Rain lashes Pondicherry

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Dumas Street in Pondicherry is inundated with rainwater on Saturday. - Photo : T. Singaravelou

PONDICHERRY, OCT. 30. With the heavy rain lashing Pondicherry showing no signs of respite, people living in low-lying areas are being evacuated to safer locations. The Education Minister, K. Lakshminarayanan, who also holds the revenue portfolio, told presspersons that six huts had collapsed in Ariyakuppam and Velrampet , though no casualties were reported.

Those living in Kalathumedu Street, Sudhana nagar, Thulukathamman Nagar, Senbaganagar in Ariyakuppam, Allikulam in Thavalakuppamwere being moved to nearby school buildings.

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