Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005 |
| Tamil Nadu | ||||
|
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Tamil Nadu
By Our Staff Reporter
KANCHEEPURAM, MARCH 29. A sense of fear and restlessness pervaded fishermen at Oyallikuppam and Pudupattinamkuppam, near the Atomic Power Plant Township, Kalpakkam, even after the Government today announced that the threat of a tsunami receded. They spent the whole of last night sleepless. Men kept a watch on the sea from a distance, while women and children moved to safer places on the western side of East Coast Road. The tsunami warning issued last night came as a jolt for them. With the help of the Government and non-governmental organisations, they were rebuilding their lives, wrecked by the December tragedy. Several women said fishermen were yet to come out of the fear psychosis to resume fishing. They were unwilling to leave behind their families and venture into the sea in the absence of a firm assurance from the meteorological agencies that the tsunami would not strike again. Four new outboard engines, donated by a mission, were lying idle at the community centre at Pudupattinamkuppam. A few fibreglass boats were left in the hamlet. Boats in these hamlets and in the nearby Mamallapuram were dragged deep into the land and lodged at safe places to avoid damage from a possible seismic wave. At Mamallapuram, some shops near the shore temple remained closed. The owners did not want to take any chance. Goods in the shop remained in tact even after seawater intruded on the morning of December 26 last, as the shops had remained closed, they pointed out. A rumour was circulating in the town that the sea near the shore temple receded by a few metres. And what more, some locals claimed that until yesterday only half the boulder barricade, put up near the monument to check erosion, was visible, and this morning they noticed algae formation on granite boulders. Some others claimed that it had nothing to with either the December 26 tsunami or Monday's earthquake off Sumatra, as the sea would recede during the summer and surge during the monsoon.
Printer friendly
page
News:
Front Page |
National |
Tamil Nadu |
Andhra Pradesh |
Karnataka |
Kerala |
New Delhi |
Other States |
International |
Opinion |
Business |
Sport |
Miscellaneous |
Engagements |
|
|
|
The Hindu Group: Home | About Us | Copyright | Archives | Contacts | Subscription Group Sites: The Hindu | Business Line | The Sportstar | Frontline | The Hindu eBooks | The Hindu Images | Home |
Copyright © 2005, The
Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of
this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of
The Hindu
|
