News Thousands Rescued From Flood-hit Areas in Cuddalore

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Three truck loads of relief materials were sent to the flood-affected Cuddalore and Chennai from Kanyakumari district on Friday.

Two truckloads of contribution collected from the public, NGOs, Red Cross Society by the district administration were sent to Cuddalore district on Friday night.

The trucks carrying perishable food items such as bread, cakes, and other necessities like rice and clothes including sari, dhoti, blankets, towels etc were flagged off by the Collector Sajjansingh R. Chavan from the Collectorate.

Flagging off the relief materials, Mr. Sajjansingh said that cheques and DDs for Rs. 1.44 lakh contributed by the public towards the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund were sent to the public department. With this, the total contribution by individuals and civil society towards relief fund has gone up to Rs. 5.33-lakh.

Two truckloads of relief material worth Rs. 33.12-lakh has been sent to the Cuddalore district administration for distribution to the flood affected people.

A load of relief material had already been sent to Kanchipuram district on Thursday and was distributed to the affected people in many places on Friday, Mr. Chavan said.

Besides this, the Kanyakumari district unit of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) dispatched a truck load of relief materials worth Rs. 10 lakh to the flood affected people in the Chief Minister’s constituency in north Chennai. The district unit already dispatched a truck load of relief material worth Rs. 5.5 lakh to Chennai on Thursday. It was flagged off by former minister and district secretary of AIADMK N. Thalavai Sundaram.

Three truck loads of relief materials sent to flood-hit Cuddalore, Chennai - The Hindu
 
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In this exclusive interview to HuffPost India, Bedi, currently TN Secretary for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and In-Charge of Relief and Rescue Operations for Cuddallore district, says the extraordinary measures taken by the government after the November 10 flash floods partly helped Cuddallore withstand the trauma of recent rains.

Q: We understand that Cuddallore has also been badly affected by the rains during the last few days. What is the situation on ground zero?

A: Yes, Cuddallore has been affected but not very badly. I would like to say the damages here are not as mind-boggling as that in Chennai.

Q: If Cuddallore had received the same amount of rains, the damages would have been extensive, right?

A: You’re right. The entire Tamil Nadu receives about 920 mm rains annually. But, you would be surprised to know on November 10 Cuddallore alone registered 450 mm rains. The highest rainfall occurred in Panrutti and Neyveli. While rains were pounding Chennai during the last three days, rainfall in Cuddallore was to the tune of 150 mm.

Q: The rainfall of 450 mm is quite substantial. What was the extent of damages then?

A: Nearly 20 persons lost their lives in rain-related incidents. Almost all the panchayats were blacked out. Of these panchayats, nearly 250 were very badly affected.

Q: What measures were taken to restore normalcy?

A: Immediately after the first rains, the government did quick work and moved 2350 electricity board officials to Cuddallore from different districts. They replaced 2,000 electricity poles, 75 damaged transformers and carried out fresh wiring wherever needed. So, we could restore power supply within 2-3 days and within a week’s time life became normal in the entire district though there was another round of rains on November 15.


How Flood Relief In Cuddalore Can Serve As A Model For Chennai
 
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Actor Siddharth and RJ Balaji have been doing some active relief work from the time the floods struck in Chennai and ravaged the city. While RJ Balaji continues to help the victims in the city of Chennai, actor Siddharth has gone to Cuddalore today to help the affected people there. Cuddalore is another coastal town that has been badly hit by the rains and people in the town are in dire straits.

Balaji posted on his micro-blogging page, "It is not bout @Actor_Siddharth and me anymore. We just did a small bit n we will continue to do that. Now, u got to make this as ur movement."

Siddharth continues relief work in Cuddalore - The Times of India
 
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Lake near Kurinjipadi is about to break. Volunteers near that area, be careful. Pass on this info ‪#‎SaveCuddalore‬
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