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Moderate rain lashes Nagapattinam

By Our Tamil Nadu Bureau

NAGAPATTINAM, NOV. 9. Moderate to heavy rain lashed several parts of Nagapattinam district last night, battering roads and submerging the samba paddy crop at many places.

Most of the roads, including the Nagapattinam-Velankanni Main Road, have been damaged in the heavy rain that lashed the district for a fortnight. Several low-level areas, especially Kilvelur block, remain inundated.

Ramesh, 23, a mason of Thiruvizhandur near Mayiladuturai, was electrocuted on Monday night.

Thiruppoondi recorded the highest rainfall of 55 mm during the last 24 hours.

The following is the chief amount of rainfall recorded (in mm) in the Cauvery delta: Tiruthuraipoondi— 30; Nagapattinam and Thalainayar— 24 each; Muthupettai— 20; Tiruvarur — 15; Thiruvaiyaru and Papanasam — 11 each; Thanjavur— 10; Kumbakonam — 18; Valangaiman — 17; Kodavasal— 30; Nannilam — 26; Lower Anaicut — 21; Mayiladuturai— 18; Manalmedu — 26; Kollidam — 46; and Sirkazhi — 37.

From the Grand Anicut, the Cauvery was getting 609 cusecs and Coleroon 4,055 cusecs this evening.

However, supply in the Vennar and Grand Anicut canal systems remained suspended.

Mettur dam gets

good flow

The flow into the Mettur dam was 13,147 cusecs today, as against 12,163 cusecs on Monday.

Discharge remained suspended for the delta irrigation. The level stood at 97.01, and the storage was 61.03 tmcft. The discharge was a meagre 100 cusecs.

Intermittent in Thanjavur

Intermittent rain that lashed the town today dampened the festive mood of residents, who were making their last-minute purchases for the Deepavali.

Gandhiji Road, the main commercial centre in the town, was abuzz with activities, with people from surrounding villages thronging the shops since the morning. The rain continued till the evening.

Rangasamy visits

rain-hit areas

The Pondicherry Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, visited the rain-affected areas in the Karaikal region of the Union Territory of Pondicherry today.

He inspected the submerged samba crop in the Kottucherry, Tirunallar and Karaikal areas.

Talking to presspersons later, Mr. Rangasamy said the samba crop, raised on 6,000 hectares in the Karaikal region had been affected and 400 houses in the low-level areas damaged in the rain.

Farmers would be given relief after the crop damage was assessed. The red and yellow family cardholders would be given 20 kg of free rice, he added.

He instructed the officials to take steps to drain out the rainwater from the paddy fields.

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