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On Friday an average of 64.5mm of rainfall was recorded in Chennai in the past 24 hours till 8:30am, most parts of the state, neighbouring Puducherry and its Karaikal area would likely receive rain on three more days. Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister K N Nehru said even as a Regional Meteorological Centre official said.
S Balachandran, deputy director general of meteorology, said, “In the next three days, rainfall is likely to occur in most places in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area.
In the next 24 hours, some of the areas in Cuddalore and the Delta districts are likely to receive extremely heavy rainfall. Some of the areas in Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, Chengalpet, Tiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Kallakurichi, Tirupathur, Krishnagiri, Salem, Dharmapuri districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall. In districts close to the Western Ghats, heavy rainfall is likely to occur in some areas.”
In other news, the Supreme Court judgment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case demonstrated that Governors should not put the decisions of elected governments on the back burner, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday.
The Chief Minister said, while welcoming the release of the six convicts in the Rajiv case, “This judgment as well of the Supreme Court forms the basis that Governors should not put the decisions and resolutions of elected governments in the back burner.” Stalin said the ruling is historic as it reinforced the cornerstone of democratic principles.
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