Heavy rain forecast puts officials on high alert
The Hindu
People residing in mud houses in Kadiri shifted
With heavy rain forecast in several parts of the district on Monday and Tuesday, the administration and the police were put on high alert on Sunday, especially in the areas where major causeways overflowed and bridges collapsed during the rains that battered the district on November 18 and 19.
The areas vulnerable were located in Kadiri, Dharmavaram, and Hindupur Assembly constituencies.
Superintendent of Police Fakkeerappa Kaginelli said police personnel controlled the movement of vehicles in the vulnerable stretches and advised people against taking risk in crossing the rivulets or causeways. The municipal authorities too were cautioning people against living in old buildings.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there