Central team assesses damage to drinking water supply systems
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It also visited Thoothukudi district to study crop damage
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It also visited Thoothukudi district to study crop damage
A three-member Central team inspected badly damaged drinking water supply systems in the district on Thursday to assess the quantum of damage caused by the recent floods in the Tamirabharani, the drinking water source for three southern districts.
During its 20-minute-long stay at Seevalaperi on the Tamirabharani watercourse near Palayamkottai, the team, comprising Ashutosh Agnihotri, Ministry of Home Affairs, Manoharan, Director, Directorate of Oilseed Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Hyderabad, and Mahesh Kumar, Deputy Director, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, inspected the TWAD Board’s infiltration wells damaged in recent floods, which were repaired later. Before leaving for Thoothukudi district to assess crop damage, the team received a detailed report from Collector V. Vishnu on the damages caused by the recent rains and consequent flood in the Tamirabharani to crop, drinking water facilities, infrastructures and private properties like houses.