Salem district registered 308.20 mm of rainfall in the past 24 hours that ended at 6 a.m. on Thursday.
On Wednesday around 3 p.m., rain started in various parts of the district. Heavy rain lashed for nearly two hours in Salem city. Due to this, rainwater stagnated at Nethimedu, Kandampatti Bypass, Prabath, Meyyanur Main Road, and Seelanaickenpatti. Students of an aided school and vehicles struggled to pass the road at Nethimedu as rainwater along with sewage flowed over the road.
Later in the evening, Salem Corporation Commissioner Lalitaditya Neelam inspected the spots where rainwater stagnated and ordered the removal using motors. The Commissioner inspected the removal of the waste stagnated using earthmovers at the streams at Prabath, Chandra Mahal, Kaveri Hospital, Seelanaickenpatti roundabout, Aghara Mahal, Attukarankadu, and near the aided school at Nethimedu.
The Salem district registered 308.20 mm of rainfall, including 68.4 mm in Mettur, 44.2 mm in Sankari, 42.6 mm in Edappadi, 38.2 mm in Salem, 33 mm in Gangavalli, 20 mm in Kariyakovil Valavu, 14 mm each at Yercaud and Puludikkuttai, 13 mm in Thammampatti, 11 mm in Omalur, 5 mm in Nathakarai, 2.8 mm in Vazhapadi and 2 mm in Veeraganoor.
Published – November 05, 2026 06:24 pm IST
