‘Rain damages 101 transformers in Kanniyakumari district’
The Hindu
Farmers will be given due compensation, says Minister
Asserting that the farmers affected by recent rain and floods in Kanniyakumari district would get due compensation, Minister for Revenue K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran said the downpour had badly damaged 101 transformers in the district.
Speaking to reporters after visiting a few flood-hit areas along with Ministers T. Mano Thangaraj and V. Senthilbalaji and participating in a review meeting, he said the rains and floods had affected 101 transformers and snapped power connection to 3,661 houses. Even as the materials required for repairing the transformers and other infrastructure of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) were being rushed from Tirunelveli and Madurai regions, power connection to 2,922 houses had been restored.
Since rainwater was yet to recede in some flood-affected areas, repairing of 45 transformers and restoring power supply to 739 houses were delayed.