Heavy rain pounds Dindigul for four hours
The Hindu
Heavy rain pounds Dindigul for four hours
Heavy rain lashed Dindigul on Tuesday morning that led to inundation of arterial roads and residential areas, especially Bharathipuram and Begumpur.
The city registered 90.4 mm of rainfall in a span of three hours till 10.30 a.m., said an official. What started as a drizzle since dawn, escalated to a downpour by 7.30 a.m. even as children were getting ready for school. Rainwater flooded Tiruchi Road, Main Road, Batlagundu bypass, keeping vehicle users off the road.
While the district administration did not declare a holiday, few private primary schools did not function. Many schools reported lower turnout of students.
The campus of Government Girls’ Higher Secondary School at Chathiram was flooded with more than one-foot depth of water. At least half of the wheels of new bicycles meant for distribution to the school students were submerged in the stagnant water.
Some of the residential areas such as Nagal Nagar and Bharathipuram were the worst affected with rainwater flooding the streets. The residents complained about sewage water mixing with rainwater flooding the streets. The water entered into few houses.
Fearing more showers in the evening, many schools alerted the parents and asked them to take home their children in the afternoon.