After Sunday’s torrential downpour that submerged many parts of Chennai and its nearby suburbs, the rain eased off on Monday to the relief of thousands of residents, who are still marooned and living without electricity, water and food.
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Five children dead in Kadapa–
Rain—related mishaps claimed lives of five children in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh today, taking the toll since yesterday to eight, police stated. Heavy rains are lashing the district for the last three days.
Achyut (5) died in an incident of wall—collapse at Lakshimigari Palli village in Railway Kodur mandal in the morning. While four children died this evening when roof of the veranda an old building collapsed at Boyapalli in Sambepalli mandal this evening.
The deceased were identified as M Vasu (8) and M Vasu (9), sons of Badri and Parvathi; G Siva Kumar, the son of Sivaiah and Saraswati; and Y Ganesh (8), son of Mallaiah and Lakshimi Devi, all residents of Boyapalli.
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NDRF teams supply food to waterlogged localities–
A commendable work is being done by the special teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) who have been supplying food packets in boats to the residents of waterlogged and marooned villages in the Gudur revenue division on Tuesday.
The Chief amounts of rainfall recorded in Tamil Nadu are:
Tiruttani – 9 cm
Sholavandan – 8 cm
Pallipattu, Chittampatti, Arakonam, Sriperumbudur – 7 cm each
Kvk kattukuppam arg, Chengalpattu – 6 cm each
Poonamallee, Vadipatti – 5 cm each
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