10 Dead As Heavy Rain Batters Tamil Nadu, 17,000 People Shifted To Relief Camps
NDTV
Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary said the forecast of heavy rainfall by the India Meteorological Department was also 'wrong' as extremely heavy rainfall was received in the affected districts.
As many as 10 people have succumbed to the historic rainfall which lashed several parts of southern districts in the last two days, disrupting normal life, Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena said on Tuesday.
The senior bureaucrat said the forecast of heavy rainfall by the India Meteorological Department was also 'wrong' as extremely heavy rainfall was received in the affected districts within two days.
"Ten people have died in Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts due to the rainfall. While some lost their lives due to wall collapse, some died due to electrocution," he told reporters at the Secretariat.