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After Hurricane Gaja at 45 years old and devastated coastal districts, with distress turned into a wasteland, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced that he will travel to the affected areas on Tuesday. affected.
The chief minister, who is in his home district of Salem, told the media on Sunday that he had sent 11 ministers and senior officials of the IAS to the affected districts to speed up relief operations and rescue efforts. restoration work on the war foot.
But he said he could not immediately go to the places affected by the hurricane because of previous commitments. A little earlier, he had to go Sunday in the areas concerned.
"Prior commitments have occupied me. Until tomorrow, I have commitments like the inauguration of a bridge, the opening of new office buildings and so on in the districts of Salem and Namakkal. These programs have been corrected much earlier. In addition, many affected areas are still isolated and work is underway to clear the roads blocked by uprooted trees, "he said, explaining the difficulties encountered in traveling the localities by road.
The chief minister said that the state government had submitted an interim report on the damage caused by the cyclone and called for the immediate release of funds needed for the implementation of relief measures.
The amount of damage caused to each sector is being evaluated and is increasing because the scale of the destruction is just beginning, he said.
In listing the measures taken by the administration, he said that 378 medical camps were installed in more than 1,014 mobile units. "More and more people are going to the camps and the number of people accommodated in the 483 camps has reached 2.49 million lakh," he said, but denied the reports of the killings. lack of facilities or food in the rescue centers.
Thursday at midnight, the cyclone made landfall near Nagapattinam. The intensity and ferocity of the storm that hit the coast at 120 km / h were such that life was reversed in the Cauvery Delta area and in some backcountry districts. Many small towns and villages in the interior remain isolated.
Sporadic outbreaks of local people demanding basic amenities and timely relief have been reported in many places.
Meanwhile, the opposition leader and president of the DMK, MK Stalin, visited Pudukottai district and met people affected by the cyclone. Saturday he was in Nagapattinam district. He urged the government to speed up the assistance work.
Gaja wreaks havoc in Ernakulam, Kerala
Hurricane Gaja wreaked havoc in Ernakulam district, Kerala, where officials said 201 homes – two completely and 199 partially – had been damaged by the cyclone.
The estimated loss was 38 lakh, they added, adding that several trees had been uprooted in the hurricane, severely damaging the electrical infrastructure.
Vehicle traffic, affected by falling trees during high winds, has been re-established.
First published: Nov 18, 2018 16:01 IST
