Boy, 12, washed away as heavy rain lashes Salem
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Salem:03.07.2018
Normal life was affected in Salem on Monday due to torrential downpour all through Sunday night. Many areas in the city were flooded with rainwater. A rail underpass connecting Sivadhapuram to the city was submerged.
A 12-year-old boy was washed away in the flash flood on ‘Raja Vaikkal’ due to heavy downpour on Sunday midnight.
The boy has been identified as M Mohammed Shath, 12, of Housing Board area at Narayana Nagar in Salem. He was studying Class VII in a nearby school.
He went to a movie with his elder brother Sadham Hussain, 27, and his brother’s friend Abdul, 35. “We were returning home after watching the movie around 2am on a bike,” Sadham Hussain said. When they neared Kitchipalayam area, they found a torrent of water flowing in ‘Raja Vaikkal’, one of the big drainages in the city. They also found floodwater flowing above their hip. Sadham Hussain parked the bike in front of a closed shop and the trio started walking in the floodwater, when the accident happened.
Salem collector Rohini R Bhajibhakare said, “The district has received 362.8mm of rainfall starting from Sunday night until Monday morning.”
She said the city has recorded 133.8mm of rain while Yercaud received 116.8 mm.
Kitchipalayam, Narayana Nagar, Kalarampatty Pulikuthi Street, Hasthampatty, Manakkadu, Suramangalam and Five Roads are the worst affected areas in the city.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Salem:03.07.2018
Normal life was affected in Salem on Monday due to torrential downpour all through Sunday night. Many areas in the city were flooded with rainwater. A rail underpass connecting Sivadhapuram to the city was submerged.
A 12-year-old boy was washed away in the flash flood on ‘Raja Vaikkal’ due to heavy downpour on Sunday midnight.
The boy has been identified as M Mohammed Shath, 12, of Housing Board area at Narayana Nagar in Salem. He was studying Class VII in a nearby school.
He went to a movie with his elder brother Sadham Hussain, 27, and his brother’s friend Abdul, 35. “We were returning home after watching the movie around 2am on a bike,” Sadham Hussain said. When they neared Kitchipalayam area, they found a torrent of water flowing in ‘Raja Vaikkal’, one of the big drainages in the city. They also found floodwater flowing above their hip. Sadham Hussain parked the bike in front of a closed shop and the trio started walking in the floodwater, when the accident happened.
Salem collector Rohini R Bhajibhakare said, “The district has received 362.8mm of rainfall starting from Sunday night until Monday morning.”
She said the city has recorded 133.8mm of rain while Yercaud received 116.8 mm.
Kitchipalayam, Narayana Nagar, Kalarampatty Pulikuthi Street, Hasthampatty, Manakkadu, Suramangalam and Five Roads are the worst affected areas in the city.
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