Kanyakumari limps back to normal
TNN | Updated: Dec 3, 2017, 01:03 IST
Kanyakumari: The cyclone-battered district is limping back to normal with power supply showing signs of returning in a phased manner. District collector Sajjan Singh R Chavan told TOI that close to 4,000 electric poles were damaged and that they have got close to 3,000 poles by Saturday morning. "By Friday night we restored power supply to a part of Nagercoil town and major parts of Kulithurai, Kaliyakavilai and Aralvaimozhi. We are hopeful of restoring supply at 60 to 70 per cent areas by Saturday night," he said.
According to the collector, the priority was to provide drinking water across the district. "We are securing generators from nearby districts to restore power in seven schemes. At areas not covered by these schemes we are using generators to pump borewell water to overhead water tanks", he added. Chavan said that they had arranged 58 tankers to supply drinking water to areas not covered. In all, 3,500 government staff from health, highways and Tangedco were working in Kanyakumari to help the district come back to normal. With dams overflowing the low lying areas had been warned of to be alert.
Though 3,000 cusecs of water was released from Perunchani dam, there was no chance of flooding as Thamirabarani could hold 60,000 cusecs without flooding, he added. On Saturday evening ministers R.B. Udhayakumar (Revenue and Disaster Management), P. Thangamani (Electricity) and D. Jayakumar (Fisheries) conducted a review meeting with the officials of various departments to assess the situation and discussed various works to be carried out. They also visited a few affected places and interacted with the people. Meanwhile, flooded channels and water flowing on roads from damaged tank bunds were a common sight.
TNN | Updated: Dec 3, 2017, 01:03 IST
Kanyakumari: The cyclone-battered district is limping back to normal with power supply showing signs of returning in a phased manner. District collector Sajjan Singh R Chavan told TOI that close to 4,000 electric poles were damaged and that they have got close to 3,000 poles by Saturday morning. "By Friday night we restored power supply to a part of Nagercoil town and major parts of Kulithurai, Kaliyakavilai and Aralvaimozhi. We are hopeful of restoring supply at 60 to 70 per cent areas by Saturday night," he said.
According to the collector, the priority was to provide drinking water across the district. "We are securing generators from nearby districts to restore power in seven schemes. At areas not covered by these schemes we are using generators to pump borewell water to overhead water tanks", he added. Chavan said that they had arranged 58 tankers to supply drinking water to areas not covered. In all, 3,500 government staff from health, highways and Tangedco were working in Kanyakumari to help the district come back to normal. With dams overflowing the low lying areas had been warned of to be alert.
Though 3,000 cusecs of water was released from Perunchani dam, there was no chance of flooding as Thamirabarani could hold 60,000 cusecs without flooding, he added. On Saturday evening ministers R.B. Udhayakumar (Revenue and Disaster Management), P. Thangamani (Electricity) and D. Jayakumar (Fisheries) conducted a review meeting with the officials of various departments to assess the situation and discussed various works to be carried out. They also visited a few affected places and interacted with the people. Meanwhile, flooded channels and water flowing on roads from damaged tank bunds were a common sight.
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