Rain, floods wreak havoc in Ernakulam
The Hindu
High-capacity pump deployed to flush out water from severely flooded areas; 24-hour control room opened
Even as the lull in rainfall since Saturday morning in Ernakulam district lessened water levels in flooded areas, a 100-horse power pump from Aroor was deployed in severely-flooded areas and in Mullassery Canal that overflowed its banks, to pump out water. The high-power pump was initially deployed at Ambedkar Colony and Judges’ Avenue which were severely inundated. It was then put to use in Mullassery Canal to pump water into the backwaters, said Mayor M. Anilkumar, who visited many of the flood-hit areas on Saturday. District Collector S. Suhas took initiative in arranging the high-capacity pump from Aroor that he had placed the order for when he was Collector of Alappuzha. It can pump out up to 10 lakh litres of water an hour. Smaller pumps were deployed in many other low-lying areas.
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