An 83-year-old woman from a village near Annur died after the mud wall of her neighbour’s house collapsed on her on Friday morning.
The deceased was identified as S. Maral, a resident of Allikulam near Annur.
The Annur Police said that the mud wall of the house belonging to Maral’s neighbour Giriammal collapsed on her while she was walking beside it around 10.30 a.m. on Friday. Giriammal had gone for work and no one was in the house.
According to the police, around 10 houses in the locality, including that of Maral’s daughter Malarkodi, were built of mud and were in a precarious condition due to rain.
The total rainfall recorded across the 14 observatories in the district as of 8.30 a.m. Friday was 354.50 mm rainfall and the average rainfall stood at 25.32 mm.
Cincona received 64 mm, Chinnakallar 80 mm, Valparai PAP 55 mm, Valparai Taluk 53 mm, Sholayar 48 mm, Aliyar 9 mm, Pollachi 14 mm, CBE South 16 mm, Peelamedu Airport 4.30 mm, TNAU 3 mm
The foothills of Siruvani recorded 29 mm and the dam storage was 870.18 m as against the full storage level of 878.50 m.
The water level in Bhavani reservoir was above 96 feet and the dam would surplus very shortly.
The district administration has announced a set of numbers that could be contacted in the event of any emergency: District Collectorate 0422-1077 (toll free), 0422-2301114; Corporation main office 0422-2302323 and 8190000200 (whatsapp); North Zone 0422-2243133; South Zone 2252482; East Zone 0422-2577056 and 2572696; West Zone 2551700; Central Zone 2215618; Valparai Municipality 04253-222394; Pollachi Municipality 04259-220999; Mettuppalayam Municipality 04254-222151; Madukkarai Municipality 0422-2511815; Gudalur Municipality 0422-2692402; Karumathampatti 0421-2333070; Karamadai Municpality 04254-272315; Mettuppalayam taluk office 04254-222153; Annur taluk office 04254-299909; Coimbatore North taluk office 0422-2247831; Coimbatore South taluk office 0422-2214225; Sulur taluk office 0422-268100; Perur taluk office 0422-2606030; Madukkarai taluk office 0422-2622338; Kinathukkadavu taluk office 04259-241000; Pollachi taluk office 04259-2266225; Anaimalai taluk office 04253-296100, and Valparia taluk office 04253-222305.
