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Five persons, including two women and two children, lost lives and two men were missing in Tiruvanantapuram district in the rain that lashed southern Kerala since late Friday night after the remnant of Cyclone Thane transformed into a low pressure system after wreaking havoc in Tamil Nadu.
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'Thane' remnant hits Kerala; 5 dead in rain fury
PNS
The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tiruvanantapuram - Five persons, including two women and two
children, lost lives and two men were missing in Tiruvanantapuram
district in the rain that lashed southern Kerala since late Friday
night after the remnant of Cyclone Thane transformed into a low
pressure system after wreaking havoc in Tamil Nadu.
The torrential rains that continued till late Saturday morning from
Friday night also dampened the spirit of New Year celebrations in
Thiruvananthapuram, known for its IT sector based, mainly, at the
state-of-the-art infrastructure facility, Technopark.
At least 50 houses were damaged, two of them completely, in the rains
in Thiruvananthapuram district while all the low-lying areas in the
State's capital city remained submerged even on Saturday evening
causing traffic jams. The rains also hit train services from
Thiruvananthapuram after the signal systems malfunctioned.
The Government, Thiruvananthapuram district administration and local
authorities launched relief and rescue operations by shifting people
in low-lying areas to relief camps set up at safe areas. The
Government declared a relief assistance of Rs 100,000 to those who
had lost their homes completely and Rs 10,000 each to families of
those who lost lives.
Kerala Transports Minister VS Sivakumar, the legislator representing
Thiruvananthapuram, told newsmen that three relief camps had already
been opened and instructions had been given to open more camps. "Food
and ration would be provided free of cost in the camps," Sivakumar
said.
Proving the forecasts wrong, the remnant of Thane took a turn towards
south-southwest from its "appointed" track since Friday night,
landing the system over Kerala, said scientists at the India
Meteorological Department office in Thiruvananthapuram. They said
that the hyper-active southern flanks of the system were responsible
for setting off the heavy rains in south Kerala.
In Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram, Lalithambika (75) and her
granddaughter Nandana (6) were electrocuted while Aditya (3) drowned
in an overflowing canal. Adiya's father Kalesh was swept away by the
current and search for him was continuing even late Saturday evening.
Mohanan (5) of Balaramapuram drowned in a strong current.
A young woman, Sumathi, was killed when earth caved in on her house
at Vilappilsala, Tiruvanantapuram. Her husband Ponnappan was admitted
to the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram with serious
injuries.
All rivers and main canals in Tiruvanantapuram district were
overflowing. Four shutters of Neyyar dam were opened after the water
in the reservoir abruptly rose above the maximum level of 85.7 feet.
Several houses were damaged in the coastal region after the sea
turned rough. Heavy rains were reported from almost all areas in
southern Kerala, including the Hindu pilgrimage centre, Sabarimala.
Pilgrims had a tough time during their climb up the hills to the Lord
Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala as rains lashed the forest for over 12
hours since 10.00 pm Friday.
The rains also caused disappointment to revelers in Tiruvanantapuram
city and in several places in the capital district as most roads and
vacant places in low-lying areas remained water-logged. Revelers at
Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram city said that their New Year had
now gone drenched in rainwater.
"It is a very disappointing experience to have rains on this
particular day. This was the one day we were waiting eagerly to
celebrate after Onam five months ago," said Remya Chandran, an IT
professional. "The only thing we can do is to shift the celebrations
to a dry place," she said.
Relief operations were launched on war-footing to bring back normalcy
in cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and the
adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm mounted
to 42 on Saturday.
As the administrative machinery was put in top gear, Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa said nine more people have died in rain related
incidents, taking the toll to 42, following the severe cyclonic storm
that crossed Tamil Nadu coast on Friday.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/32017-thane-remnant-hits-kerala-5-dead-in-rain-fury.html
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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The Pioneer
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tiruvanantapuram - Five persons, including two women and two
children, lost lives and two men were missing in Tiruvanantapuram
district in the rain that lashed southern Kerala since late Friday
night after the remnant of Cyclone Thane transformed into a low
pressure system after wreaking havoc in Tamil Nadu.
The torrential rains that continued till late Saturday morning from
Friday night also dampened the spirit of New Year celebrations in
Thiruvananthapuram, known for its IT sector based, mainly, at the
state-of-the-art infrastructure facility, Technopark.
At least 50 houses were damaged, two of them completely, in the rains
in Thiruvananthapuram district while all the low-lying areas in the
State's capital city remained submerged even on Saturday evening
causing traffic jams. The rains also hit train services from
Thiruvananthapuram after the signal systems malfunctioned.
The Government, Thiruvananthapuram district administration and local
authorities launched relief and rescue operations by shifting people
in low-lying areas to relief camps set up at safe areas. The
Government declared a relief assistance of Rs 100,000 to those who
had lost their homes completely and Rs 10,000 each to families of
those who lost lives.
Kerala Transports Minister VS Sivakumar, the legislator representing
Thiruvananthapuram, told newsmen that three relief camps had already
been opened and instructions had been given to open more camps. "Food
and ration would be provided free of cost in the camps," Sivakumar
said.
Proving the forecasts wrong, the remnant of Thane took a turn towards
south-southwest from its "appointed" track since Friday night,
landing the system over Kerala, said scientists at the India
Meteorological Department office in Thiruvananthapuram. They said
that the hyper-active southern flanks of the system were responsible
for setting off the heavy rains in south Kerala.
In Attingal, Thiruvananthapuram, Lalithambika (75) and her
granddaughter Nandana (6) were electrocuted while Aditya (3) drowned
in an overflowing canal. Adiya's father Kalesh was swept away by the
current and search for him was continuing even late Saturday evening.
Mohanan (5) of Balaramapuram drowned in a strong current.
A young woman, Sumathi, was killed when earth caved in on her house
at Vilappilsala, Tiruvanantapuram. Her husband Ponnappan was admitted
to the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram with serious
injuries.
All rivers and main canals in Tiruvanantapuram district were
overflowing. Four shutters of Neyyar dam were opened after the water
in the reservoir abruptly rose above the maximum level of 85.7 feet.
Several houses were damaged in the coastal region after the sea
turned rough. Heavy rains were reported from almost all areas in
southern Kerala, including the Hindu pilgrimage centre, Sabarimala.
Pilgrims had a tough time during their climb up the hills to the Lord
Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala as rains lashed the forest for over 12
hours since 10.00 pm Friday.
The rains also caused disappointment to revelers in Tiruvanantapuram
city and in several places in the capital district as most roads and
vacant places in low-lying areas remained water-logged. Revelers at
Thampanoor in Thiruvananthapuram city said that their New Year had
now gone drenched in rainwater.
"It is a very disappointing experience to have rains on this
particular day. This was the one day we were waiting eagerly to
celebrate after Onam five months ago," said Remya Chandran, an IT
professional. "The only thing we can do is to shift the celebrations
to a dry place," she said.
Relief operations were launched on war-footing to bring back normalcy
in cyclone Thane battered Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district and the
adjacent Puducherry, as the toll caused by the severe storm mounted
to 42 on Saturday.
As the administrative machinery was put in top gear, Chief Minister
Jayalalithaa said nine more people have died in rain related
incidents, taking the toll to 42, following the severe cyclonic storm
that crossed Tamil Nadu coast on Friday.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/32017-thane-remnant-hits-kerala-5-dead-in-rain-fury.html
More at:
http://www.dailypioneer.com
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
-----
About the terrorist Goon Squad:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
A goon is a bully or thug who terrorizes or tries to do away with
opposition.
"Myself, Mallu. Yourself?" (V. Bhattathiri) <KalluM...@gmail.com>
tries his best to be a bully -- telling others what and when to post,
where to post and where not to post, deliberately publishing lies
about others, stalking and abusing them with hate speech -- but fails
miserably. He is really stressed out, and like his lap dog Prem
Thomas (who currently posts as "P. Rajah", and issues *death threats*
to people), is priming himself for conditions such as stroke and
heart disease.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
information for research, comment, discussion and educational purposes by
subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article for purposes of
your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the
copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed
by forgery by one or more net terrorists,
this post may be reposted several times.
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