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Heavy rain lashes Kanyakumari district

Nagercoil: Heavy rain lashed various parts of the district and the fishermen did not venture into sea for fishing for the second day on Friday.

According to sources as the sea was rough, seawater entered a few villages and residents were shifted to safer places.

Fishermen in Kanyakumari, Kovalam, Manakudi, Rajakkamangalam, Kadiyapattinam, Colachel, Kurumpanai, Vaniyakudi, Simon colony, Kottilpadu, Kodimunai, Mondaicadu, Muttom, Ramanthurai, Mullurthurai, Erayammanthurai, Thoothur, Vallavilai and Neerodi shifted their vallam and catamarans to safer places fearing that they could have been washed away.

It came to know that a few vallams were damaged by the giant waves. Electric poles and trees were also uprooted in many places, including Aralvoimozi, Kavalkinaru, Muppandal, Carmel Nager etc. Banana plantation was also damaged in Kanyakumari, Agastheeswaram, Anjugramam, Myladi, Thuckalay, Kulasekaram, Pechipparai, and Perunchani.

Traffic was affected for an hour when a tree was uprooted at water tank road in Nagercoil. Chittar I recorded 12.1 mm rainfall.

The water level in Pechipparai dam stood at 33 feet, 37 feet in Perunchani, 7.45 feet in Chittar I, 7.51 feet in Chittar II, 2.80 feet in Poigai and 4.90 feet in Mukkadal dam.

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