
High wave warning and rainfall sounded for TN, south AP, Puducherry
The Hindu
Fishermen advised not to venture into southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal
High wave/ocean state warning/alert has been issued for Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in view of the depression over southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu coast that moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 23 kmph during past three hours and lay centred about 250 km south-southeast of Chennai, 220 km east-southeast of Puducherry and 210 km east- northeast of Karaikal .
It is very likely to continue to move west–northwestwards and cross north TN and south AP coasts between Puducherry and Chennai by early morning of November 19 (Friday), said a joint ‘Ocean State Forecast’ bulletin issued by Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) - India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday evening.
High waves in the range of 2.5 – 3.4 metres are forecasted off Northern TN coast (from Point Calimer to Pulicat) with surface current speeds varying between 75 - 195 cm/sec. High waves in the range of 3.0 - 3.4 metres are predicted off southern TN coast (from Kolachal to Kilakarai) with current speeds varying between 44 - 75 cm/sec.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












