Kerala rain | Heavy rain pounds Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta districts; two reported missing
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Heavy rains in Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta districts of Kerala cause mudslips, wall collapses, power outages, inundated roads & neighbourhoods, uprooted trees, traffic jams & overflowing canals. Schools & colleges shuttered. CM Pinarayi Vijayan holds online meeting with Revenue Minister K. Rajan. CM rules out panic, urges caution. District & taluk-level control rooms opened.
Heavy overnight rains inundated vast swathes of low-lying regions in Thiruvananthapuram and Pathanamthitta districts in Kerala on November 23, 2023. At least two people were reported missing.
The heavy rain caused mud slips, wall collapses, power outages, inundated roads and neighbourhoods, uprooted trees, traffic jams and overflowing canals in several localities, including in Idukki and Thrissur. Schools and colleges shuttered for the day in several parts of the State.
The flood situation prompted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to hold an online meeting with Revenue Minister K. Rajan.
Speaking to reporters later in Wayanad, Mr. Vijayan said heavy inflow in the catchment area of two “small dams” in Idukki and Thiruvananthapuram had forced authorities to open shutters to let some of the flood water out.
He ruled out any reason to panic but asked people living downstream to exercise extreme caution.
The government has opened district and talk-level control rooms in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur and Idukki districts.
Mr. Vijayan said Pathanamthitta district received 100 mm of rain within a span of eight hours. He said there was no restriction on pilgrims travelling to Sabarimala.
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