Several areas in the industrial hub of Hosur were inundated owing to heavy rain since October 19 night. As hundreds of houses were marooned, the district administration and fire and rescue personnel launched rescue operation as early as 6.30 am today.
According to sources, trained volunteers were involved in rescue operation and people were evacuated to sa🦹fety. Food, bread packets, milk and water bottles were distributed to the affected families. At Hosur 🅺Valley, the fire service personnel rescued people and even pets.
Fo🧜llowing heavy rain, the Raja canal in Hosur got breached causing a sudden inundation in the area. Water entered the 🔯residential localities displacing furniture. As the water level rose by about 3 feet, people could not step out of their houses.
Houses in Samathuvapuram too were surrounded by a sheet of water and people spent a sleepless night. Apart from KCC la✱yout, Brindavan Nagar, NGO colony and Hosur valley phase II were inundated.
Hosur Corporation Commissioner K Balasubramanian said efforts were on to drain out the flood water. Hosur Mayor S A Sathya, who along with Depu෴ty Mayor Anandaiah, visited the affected areas, said water entered the KCC Nagar area due to encroachments along the Raja Ca𝄹nal.
Water from the Aneka⭕l and Begepalli lakes in rural Karnataka that got breached owing to heavy rain, and the overnight downpour in the district had aggravated the inundation, an o🐎fficial said. Denkanikottai in the district received 10 cm rainfall while Hosur and Hosur AWS received 7 cm rainfall each.
The IMD Chennai has forecast light to moderate rain at a few place🎀s with isolated thunderstorm and l🍌ightning likely to occur over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal area till October 23.
(With PTI inputs)
