T.N. Rains | Trained police teams from central zone dispatched to southern districts for rescue operations
The Hindu
Police teams dispatched to Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi & Kanniyakumari to help with rescue operations due to unprecedented flooding. Fire fighters from Tiruchi join mission. Trains cancelled.
Nine teams of police personnel from T.N.’s central zone have been dispatched to the southern districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari to help in rescue operations in the wake of unprecedented rainfall and flooding in the four districts.
Armed with necessary paraphernalia used for rescue operations, the teams, trained in disaster management left from various districts in the central zone to the four southern districts on Monday, December 18, 2023.
Police sources said nine teams have been sent for the rescue operations to the four districts. One of the teams from Tiruvarur district is stationed in Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi district to evacuate people from marooned places, the sources added.
A team of fire fighters from Tiruchi district also left for Thoothukudi to join the rescue operations. The six-member team had left with a vehicle, rubber boat and equipment to carry out the mission, said a senior official.
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