Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Sunday, December 17, 2023, deputed State Ministers and senior IAS officers to watch the flood state of affairs and reduction to Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Tenkasi districts, that are witnessing heavy rains.
An official launch stated Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena held a gathering with the Collectors of those districts by means of video conferencing, and urged them to take all steps to keep away from harm and losses.
As per the Chief Minister’s instructions, S. Nagarajan, Land Administration Commissioner and former Collector of Kanniyakumari, has been despatched to the district to watch the state of affairs and information officers. R. Selvaraj, Secretary, Tamil Improvement and Info Division, can be answerable for Tirunelveli district. B. Jothi Nirmala, Secretary, Industrial Taxes can be monitoring the state of affairs in Thoothukudi district whereas Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru, Secretary, Social Welfare Division has been deputed to Tenkasi.
Apart from, G. Prakash, Further Income Administration Commissioner, P. Ponniah, Director, Rural Improvement, Kiran Gurrala, Director of City Panchayats and S. Sivarasu, Director of Municipal Administration will camp in these districts.
Fishermen in these districts have been requested to not enterprise into the ocean.