Indian Military carries out a number of rescue operations in Puducherry | India Information – Instances of India

PUDUCHERRY: Amid the flooding in lots of districts of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, the Indian Military carried out a number of rescue operations on Sunday throughout a number of flood-hit areas in Puducherry, together with Krishna Nagar, Kuber Nagar, and Jiva Nagar, following extreme flooding attributable to Cyclone Fengal.
The operations efficiently evacuated a whole bunch of residents from these inundated areas, saving over 200 lives in Krishna Nagar and Kuber Nagar alone.
In Jiva Nagar, rescue efforts are ongoing, with 30 troopers deployed to assist all these people who find themselves stranded. Evacuation operations in different weak areas are underway.
Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Sunday stated that town has acquired 50 centimetres of rainfall in a single day which has led to flooding. Rescue groups are working to evacuate stranded folks, he added.
“Puducherry has acquired 50 cm of rainfall, leading to extreme flooding. I’m at present inspecting the flood-affected areas. Rescue groups are working tirelessly to evacuate these stranded within the floodwaters,” Chief Minister N Rangasamy advised ANI.
Cyclone Fengal introduced extraordinarily heavy rainfall to Puducherry, with the Union Territory recording 48.4 centimetres of rain over 24 hours until 8:30 am on December 1. This marked the very best 24-hour cumulative rainfall within the final 30 years between years 1995 to 2024.
Indian Military troops from the Chennai Garrison Battalion, working below the Dakshin Bharat Space, have been mobilized within the early hours of Sunday to help in rescue operations in flood-affected areas of Puducherry.
Requisitioned by the Puducherry District Collector round 1 am, a Humanitarian Help and Catastrophe Reduction (HADR) column consisting of 1 officer, six Junior commissioned officers and 62 different ranks was deployed swiftly. The staff left Chennai at 2 am and coated a distance of 160 kilometres in a single day, reaching Puducherry round 5:30 am.
The staff led by Main Ajay Sangwan was briefed concerning the important scenario within the Krishna Nagar space upon reaching Puducherry. The water stage in some localities of Krishna Nagar rose to almost 5 ft, leaving residents of almost 500 homes stranded. The efforts made by the Indian Military throughout its rescue operations began at 6:15 am, with over 100 people being evacuated within the first two hours.
Led by Mahor Ajay Sangwan, the staff was briefed concerning the important scenario within the metropolis and initiated the rescue operations in Krishna Nagar at 6:15 am, the place water ranges rose to almost 5 ft, leaving residents of 500 homes stranded. Inside the first two hours, over 100 people have been being evacuated.
In the meantime, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday visited the state emergency operation centre to hold out an inspection of the continued aid work. He appealed to the Union authorities to ship a central staff to examine the scenario and crop injury attributable to Cyclone Fengal.
The CM visited varied places within the Kolathur meeting constituency. Tamil Nadu Income and Catastrophe Administration Minister KKSSR Ramachandran and different Catastrophe Administration Division Secretaries accompanied him.
CM Stalin stated that almost 27,000 folks have acquired meals packets ready by Amma canteens since Saturday. Of 23 subways in Chennai, almost 21 have been cleared of water, he added.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) reported that Cyclone Fengal has remained stationary for the final six hours near the union territory almost 30 kilometres north of Cuddalore and 40 kms east of Villupuram.
The IMD additionally knowledgeable that as of 5:30 within the morning, the cyclone has not moved prior to now six hours and stays stationary 120 kilometres south-southwest of Chennai.