Chennai: Chief Minister MK Stalin has deputed a team of Ministers to assess losses caused by heavy rains to standing crops in Delta districts. It is estimated that standing crops on over 1.45 lakh acre cultivated during the samba season and over 6,000 acre of horticultural crops across Tamilnadu have been submerged in rain during the Northeast monsoon so far.
The Ministers are I Periyasamy; Thangam Thennarasu; KR Periyakaruppan; S Reghupathy; Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and Siva V Meyyanathan.
Stalin also chaired a meeting of senior Ministers and officials in the Secretariat to review the situation due to heavy rains reported in various parts of the State.
Disaster Management Minister KKSSR Ramachandran said that only after the rain subsides and the damage is assessed, the demand can be made to the Union government.
Teams from the National Disaster Response Force fanned out to assist with relief operations in various districts, including Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Tiruvallur. State Disaster Response Force teams assisted in Cuddalore and Thanjavur.