Power supply restored in majority of habitations in Kodaikanal, says Collector

November 20, 2018 09:48 pm | Updated June 08, 2020 04:43 pm IST

Highways department has taken up restoration work of  Batlagundu-Kodaikanal ghat road following a landslide.

Highways department has taken up restoration work of Batlagundu-Kodaikanal ghat road following a landslide.

Principal Secretary (Department of Higher Education), and Dindigul Monitoring Officer, Mangathram Sharma, on Tuesday inspected and reviewed the restoration works underway after Cyclone Gaja left a trial of destruction in the district.

During the review meeting he asked the officials to expedite restoration of power supply in all the cylcone affected villages at the earliest. Similarly, he asked the officials to prepare the crop loss reports very carefully so that no affected person is left out in getting due compensation.

Mr. Sharma also inspected the Batlagundu-Kodaikanal ghat road where Department of Highways has taken up road restoration work following landslide.

Dindigul Collector, T.G. Vinay, who accompanied the Monitoring Officer, said that all the trees and electric poles that had fallen on the roads have been cleared for plyin gof vehicles in Kodaikanal. Power has been restored in most of the villages and habitations.

“Power connections that are cruicial for drinking water supply and domestic power supply were given priority to mitigate the problem of thepeople. Drinking water was being supplied through tankers to 123 habitations in various blocks in the district where power supply could not be fully restored,” he said.

STating that close to 99% of the power connections would be restored by Wednesday evening, he said 4285 electric poles and 42 transformers were damaged in the cyclone.

REstoration work was underway in full swing, he added.

While the Palani-Kodaikanal ghat road was restored and buses would start plying from Wednesday morning, the work for temporary restoration of Batlagundu-Kodaikanal Ghat road was underway.

“However, shuttle services were being operated upto Kurusadi. All tourist vehicles and essential commodities, like petroleum products, were made available so that the petrol bunks in the tourist spot do not go dry,” Mr. Vinay added.

Out of the 6,839 trees that had got uprooted in the cyclone, 4,888 had beeen cleared. A total of 2,400 houses, mostly huts, had been fully and partially damaged.

“Since most of the houses had the tiles or asbestos roof blown away, people who were kept in relief centres have returned home now. Only 30 persons in a relief centre in Kodaikanal are staying back and the administration is taking care of their basic needs,”he added.

The District REvenue Officer, Velu, District Superintendent of Police, R. Sakthivel, Project Director (Distirct Rural DEvelopment Agency), Kavitha, and officials from various other department took part in the reivew meeting.

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