Buildings damaged as rain lashes Coimbatore
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A house that was damaged in the rain at Ammankulam.
Coimbatore district witnessed sudden rain on Wednesday evening, causing damages to some buildings and inundation of low-lying areas.
In the 24 hours that ended at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Coimbatore Airport received 112.8 mm rainfall, followed by Coimbatore South 92 mm, Periyanaickenpalayam 82 and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 70 mm, according to the district administration officials. As the rain continued past midnight, many areas in the Corporation limits witnessed water stagnation.
Collector K. Rajamani inspected Avinashi Road, Trichy Road, Nanjundapuram Road and the Sanganoor Canal on Mettupalayam Road at around 1 a.m. on Thursday, the officials said.
Coimbatore: The district witnessed an incident-free New Year on Thursday night, thanks to vigilant personnel in the police department.
As many as 2,050 cops deployed in the urban and rural parts of the district made sure that public celebrations are banned on streets. No road accidents were reported and no cases were booked for traffic rules violation.
While the city police had deployed 1,350 personnel from Thursday night to Friday morning, the rural police had 700 cops on patrol.
Police had set up 34 temporary checkpoints in the city to curb drunk driving. “We closed the Avinashi Road flyover, Dr Nanjappa Road flyover, 100 Feet Road – Chinnasamy Road flyover and North Coimbatore flyover. Most of the hotels were closed by 10pm. Streets were deserted after that. Cops stopped reckless bike riders and shared safe riding tips,” said deputy commissioner of police G Stalin.
Coimbatore: With the highways authorities and district administration taking no measures to complete the Avarampalayam flyover work and open it offici.