New Delhi : Amid heavy and continuous rainfall and reports of landslides in a few areas of the Nilgiri district in Tamil Nadu, the Niligiri district administrator declared holidays in schools on Friday.
District Collector Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneru declared a holiday for schools in the Ooty, Gudalur, kundha and Pandalu regions of the district as the district has experienced heavy rain for the past five days.
She further declared a holiday for schools in four other taluks, including Udkai, Kunta, Kudalur and Bandalur, today.
The Nilgiris district has been experiencing heavy rain for the last five days. As a result, landslides have occurred in many places and trees have fallen, affecting the flow of traffic. Authorities have taken notice of the situation and are working in order to clear the roads and have a steady flow of traffic.
In Kudalur and Bandalur areas, the people have been greatly affected as floodwater entered the houses in the low-lying areas.
The maximum rainfall was recorded in the Avalanchi area at 21 cm in the district, followed by 12.6 cm in the Cherangode region. The Upper Bhawani region has also received 12 cm of rain and the Bandalur region has received 10.4 cm of rain.
In the Alluri Seetharamaraju district of Andhra Pradesh, district collector AS Dinesh Kumar has also declared a holiday on Friday for all educational institutions in the district due to the widespread rains.
Heavy rainfall has also affected the Kottayam district of Kerala, which has caused distress among the people as most houses are also seen underwater. The western parts of Kottayam, like Thiruvarppu, Illikkal and Pathinarilchira, are waterlogged, with roads submerged underwater. Rain also lashed in parts of Karnataka's Mangaluru city.
The India Meteorological Department has also issued an orange alert for very heavy rainfall in an isolated region in the state of Kerala today.