Rainfall impacts in Vellore A study by the District Monitoring Office

<div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">The District Monitoring Officer and the District Collector inspected the damage caused in Vellore district due to the heavy rains of Cyclone Fenjal on Sunday.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Due to Fenjal storm, Vellore district had been receiving continuous light rain since Saturday morning, and it started to rain heavily in the evening. It continued to rain till Sunday afternoon, but it stopped raining in the afternoon.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Due to this rain, the Uttrakaviri river passing through the dam circle, Melarasampattu, Odukattur and Govindhampadi was flooded and the land bridges were also submerged in water at various places and traffic was cut off to many villages.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">In this situation, Vellore District Monitoring Officer, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board Co-Managing Director K. Vijayakarthikeyan and District Collector V. R. Subbulakshmi examined the security measures taken in the areas of Melarasampattu, Odukattur Municipality and Govindambadi Barrage.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">During the inspection, he ordered the officials of the Revenue Kotakshi, Vatatakshi and Rural Development Department to immediately shelter the people living in the houses along the banks of the river in safe places.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">The footbridge between Odukathur and Nemanthapuram in Odukathur municipality was temporarily closed after it was inundated. He also ordered to publish a notice that no one should use the bridge. He also instructed to station guards on both sides of the bridge.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Later, they inspected the newly constructed barricade across the Uttrakaviri river at Govindambadi village near Pallikonda and advised to build barricades around the barricade for the safety of the public as the flood is going beyond this barricade due to flood.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Earlier, Vellore Corporation also inspected the work of removing solid waste accumulated under the bridge in Nicholson Canal near Mangai Mandi.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">He ordered the officials to immediately remove the silt blockages on one side of the bridge with the use of bogline machines.</font></p> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_textElement__e3QEt text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); color: rgb(49, 49, 64);"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; word-break: break-word;"><font style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">District Panchayat Committee Chairman M. Babu, Corporation Mayor Sujatha Anandakumar, Corporation Commissioner Janaki Ravindran, Revenue Commissioner I. Balasubramanian and others were present during the inspection.</font></p> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="app-ad app-ad--story-horizontal" data-test-id="widget" id="widget-inreads-66bae74a-d2e2-4003-aa5f-1dd7c6198475" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; width: 752px;"> <div class="widget-module__widgetWrapper__Rzg0s" data-test-id="widget" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 8px 0px;"> <div data-google-query-id="CPWlrOKiiIoDFRag2AUdUbsDQA" id="widget-inreads-66bae74a-d2e2-4003-aa5f-1dd7c6198475-r55V-cbuXjS5RCSk6Ycdo" style="box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="arr--element-container story-element-card-m_element-container__1ZeJL story-element-card-m_dark__1AX15" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text !important; margin: var(--arrow-spacing-xl) 0; color: var(--arrow-c-mono2); font-family: &quot;Mukta Malar&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <div class="arrow-component arr--text-element text-m_promotionalMessage__CUsPM text-m_dark__1TC18 " data-test-id="promotional-message" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text !important; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-primary); font-weight: var(--arrow-fw-normal); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-m); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5);"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text !important;"> <p style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text !important; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: var(--arrow-spacing-xs); padding-left: 0px; font-size: var(--arrow-fs-xs); line-height: var(--arrow-lh-5); font-family: var(--arrow-typeface-secondary); font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; word-break: break-word; color: var(--arrow-c-mono4);">&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div>