Cyclone Ditwah in Tamil Nadu: A total of 54 flights had been cancelled across multiple districts in Tamil Nadu ensuing from Cyclone Ditwah, Chennai Airport officers acknowledged on Saturday. As a precautionary measure against the cyclonic storm and anticipated heavy rainfall affecting the southern and central districts, several flights acquired cancelled:
- 16 flights from Chennai to Thoothukudi, Madurai, and Trichy had been cancelled
- 16 flights from Thoothukudi, Trichy, and Madurai to Chennai had been also suspended
- 22 flights from Madurai, Trichy, and Puducherry to Bengaluru and Hyderabad had been suspended.
Because the weather arena in the southern teach continues to aggravate, authorities reported that every tiny airplane operations from Chennai, Madurai, Trichy, Thoothukudi, and nearby airports will dwell suspended from Sunday morning except night.
Chennai Airport officers have faith urged all passengers travelling from the airport to contact their respective airlines in reach, test the position of their flights, and reschedule their journeys as wished.
Air India, in watch of the cyclone, issued an advisory, announcing “Heavy rain and strong winds resulting from Cyclone Ditwah may impact our flights operating to and from Chennai and some other cities in the southern India. You are requested to check the status of your flights before proceeding to the airport…”
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Cyclone Ditwah is currently advancing in the direction of the northern coasts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry after crossing coastal country Sri Lanka and the adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for the world, warning of heavy rains, actual winds, and that it’s seemingly you’ll perchance assume of coastal disruptions.
Amid the cyclone alert in the teach, the Villupuram district administration had stepped up precautionary measures. District Collector Sheikh Abdul Rahman announced the closure of all schools in the Tamil Nadu district on Saturday ensuing from predicted heavy rainfall.
“In Villupuram district, all schools will remain closed tomorrow due to heavy rainfall. No special classes or examinations should be conducted under any circumstances. A total of 103 locations in our district have been identified as vulnerable areas,” he acknowledged on Friday, at the side of that 103 areas in the district had been marked as inclined.
“For rescue operations, 55 boats are on standby. Five National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel will arrive in the Villupuram district tonight. As there is a possibility of electric poles falling, 12,700 poles have been kept ready. A total of 253 JCB vehicles are on standby. Nineteen coastal fishermen have not ventured into the sea. There is a likelihood of rainfall beginning tomorrow afternoon,” he acknowledged.
