VILLUPURAM: A part of East Coast Road on the border area of Chengalpattu-Villupuram districts was submerged in water on Sunday. TNIE visited the area and learnt that around 500 people, including women and children, were marooned in Kaippani Colony of Marakkanam block in Villupuram district. Residents, most of them salt pan workers, rued that they had no power supply for …
VILLUPURAM: Villupuram recorded the highest rainfall ever of 51cm received at Mailam, and 27cm in Villupuram town, on Sunday, affecting normal life for over 48 hours. Major state highways connecting Villupuram with Gingee, Thirukovilur, Tindivanam, and Marakkanam were blocked at various spots due to inundation. Most flooding was observed in the Trichy trunk road in Villupuram town from New Bus …
In view of the forecast predicting heavy rains in Vanur and Marakkanam blocks in Villupuram district, Collector C. Palani on Thursday, November 30, 2023, chaired a meeting at the Collectorate to review the arrangements made. Official sources said two units of the National Disaster Response Force had reached Marakkanam, and the administration had opened multi-purpose cyclone shelters for evacuees from …
