Tamil Nadu rains: Man dies in home collapse in Ooty

A home at Nondimedu in Udhagamandalam collapsed, killing its 45-year-old resident, amid heavy rains on the intervening night time of Sunday and Monday
| Photograph Credit score: M. Sathyamoorthy

A forty five-year-old man died after his home collapsed on him amid heavy rains at Nondimedu in Udhagamandalam on the intervening night time of Sunday (December 1, 2024) and Monday (December 2, 2024).

In line with the police, heavy rains within the Nilgiris had weakened the construction, which collapsed on Arumugam. His kin who lived close by obtained to know of the incident solely on Monday morning. They then alerted the police.

As ambulances and first responders had been unable to achieve the spot as a result of an absence of correct roads to the world, native residents retrieved his physique and introduced it to the closest accessible spot, from the place it was taken to a authorities hospital for postmortem examination. The police in addition to Income Division officers reached the spot on Monday to conduct a probe into the incident.

Faculties, schools shut

Heavy rains had been reported in Udhagamandalam, Gudalur, and Kotagiri, with a mean of 23.72 mm rainfall recorded all through the district until Monday morning. Because of the heavy rains, colleges and schools in Udhagamandalam, Gudalur, and Kotagiri had been ordered to be closed by the Nilgiris district collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru.

The Salem division of Southern Railways additionally confirmed that Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) prepare providers had been cancelled until Wednesday (December 3) because of the inclement climate.

Officers from the Tourism Division stated that vacationer footfall throughout the weekend had seen a considerable lower as a result of poor visibility within the hills and brief spells of rain. The Nilgiris district administration said that non permanent reduction shelters had been in a state of preparedness to deal with any variety of individuals or communities that could possibly be in danger from emergencies that come up out of the persevering with rains.