Salem and Namakkal districts register over 70 cm rainfall

All precautionary measures are in place as the Meteorological Department has predicted rain for the next three days, say Revenue Department officials

Salem and Namakkal districts received 70.21 cm and 78.05 cm rainfall, respectively, in the past 24 hours that ended at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Rainwater stagnated in some places in the city and in rural areas, but no major incidents were reported in the districts.

For the whole day and night on Friday, Salem and Namakkal districts experienced rainfall. On Saturday morning, it just drizzled in some places. Even though over 70 cm rainfall was recorded, there was no major water stagnation in Salem city except for a few places such as Gupta Nagar and Pallapatti. In rural areas like Sivathapuram, Edappadi, Attur, and Sankagiri, rainwater stagnated in some areas.

The average rainfall in Namakkal district was 65.04 mm, and Paramathi Velur received the highest amount of 98 mm. The average rainfall in Salem district was 43.88 mm, and Thammampatti received the highest amount of 86.4 mm.

Revenue Department officials said that there were no untoward incidents in the districts, and the officials had marriage halls ready for occupation if the public had to be evacuated from any place.

All precautionary measures are in place as the Meteorological Department has predicted rain for the next three days, the officials said.

Officials attached with the Public Works Department said that following a good amount of rainfall, out of 79 tanks in Namakkal district, 34 reached full capacity, four tanks had water between 76% and 100%, two tanks had water between 51% and 75%, nine tanks had water between 50% and 26%, six tanks have less than 25% storage of water, and 24 tanks were yet to receive water.

Salem District Collector S. Karmegam inspected the lakes at Danishpet and Chettipatti on Saturday, which had attained their full capacity.