KARUR: The district administration is gearing up to meet the northeast monsoon. Official machinery will be kept in a state of preparedness to deal with emergency situations, according to Collector T.N. Venkatesh.
Chairing a meeting on disaster management on Friday, Mr. Venkatesh said that since three major rivers — Cauvery, Amaravathy and Noyyal — pass through the district, there was a strong possibility of floods in the event of heavy rain during the next three months. He cautioned the officials citing the previous years’ experience.
Control rooms should be established in all the taluks well before the onset of the monsoon. The bunds of ponds, lakes and river banks should be strengthened. Weak links should be detected and necessary repair works carried out. Sand bags should be kept ready to plug breaches to the banks or bunds of water bodies. Warnings must be issued to people living on the river banks in advance.
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