TN CM inspects rain battered Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari/Chennai: Tamil  Nadu Chief Minister M K  Stalin on Monday inspected  the rain battered Kanyakumari district, damage to  crops and distributed flood  relief to affected people. Stalin, continuing his inspection of flood hit regions of  the state since last week,  gave away a cheque of Rs 4  lakh as solatium to the kin of a man who drowned days  ago in the district.

The chief minister inspected the breaches on the  banks of Periyakulam and  Buddanar channel at Thovalai and Padmanabhapuram  respectively, damage to  roads, and distributed flood  assistance to affected people  housed in a relief camp, an  official release said. Later,  chairing a meeting to review the situation at Kanyakumari he directed officials  to ensure swift flood relief,  rehabilitation measures,  maintaining sanitation and  provision of food and health  care facilities to people hit  by the deluge.

Stalin inspected the banana crops hit by heavy  rains at Melankodu, and  farmers apprised him on  crop losses suffered by them.

Kanyakumari, the Cauvery Delta regions and  northern districts of Tamil  Nadu including Chennai  witnessed heavy rainfall  recently. During the current  northeast monsoon, Kanyakumari district (between  October 1 and November 15)  received 83.96 CM rainfall  while 38.99 CM is the normal  and the percentage departure from normal is 115, according to the Meteorological department. Ministers  including K N Nehru (Local  Administration), KKSSR  Ramachandran (Revenue  and Disaster Management),  MLAs and top officials were  present. –(PTI)