Heavy rain with thunder in Madurai

Heavy rain in Madurai causes fear of flooding, officials assure precautionary measures to prevent inundation in vulnerable areas.

With the city receiving heavuy rain every rain for the past one week, Thursday night was no exception. Heavy rain lashed many parts of Madurai city and rural areas in the late evening.

Though the rain brought a relief to the scorching heat all thorugh the day, people had the fear of inundated roads and flooding.

People residing along waterbodies, especially Pandalgudi channel and Sellur tank, would not want to endure yet another flooding within a week. The officials have assured that all precautionary works had been taken and there will not be flooding in these areas.