A worker in the Tea Room in Pull, Thrissur, moves the chairs to safety because the flood penetrates the store after three days of a perennial downpour. Nested in the middle of the picturesque beauty, a pull, usually a peaceful refuge for tourists, now wears a tired face of the district fighting with the fury of the monsoon. | Photo Credit: Kk Najeeb
Ongoing rain continues to dough, causing extensive damage and disturbance. In the last two days alone, it was partially damaged over a dozen houses and one house was completely destroyed. In Chalakuda Taluk, he collapsed well because of the heavy downpour.
The rain of different intensity was recorded overnight at all Taluk headquarters throughout the district. Currently, there are 19 relief camps in the district and provides a shelter of more than 550 people from 197 families displaced by unfavorable weather.
Meanwhile, a temporary jacket built in the Karuvanur River in Vikkochira collapsed. The river, now overflowing, has flooded several residential areas in four Panchayatttech-Scherp, Khazhoor, Paralam and Arimbur-shredded low-laid areas on high readiness for floods.
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The situation reflects last year’s devastating floods, which influenced around 2,000 houses and agricultural land in the same areas. Packed jackets, built at the price of £ 10 last year in August, was to control the flow of the river. The structure was financed by local self -governing institutions, but was reportedly built in an unscientific way and attracted great criticism of local people.
In Kodakar on Tuesday afternoon, a large mango tree rolled up and destroyed the farm. The wind also broke the branches of the teak that fell on the power line, disrupted electricity and road transport in this area. In Aloor, part of the house collapsed on Tuesday due to a continuous heavy rain.
Published – June 18, 2025 20:49
