Cyclone Thane Damage

• Repair work allottment after Cyclone Thane illogical: Madras High Court

  The Madras High Court has observed that the manner in which road repair works in cylone Thane-hit Villupuram district had been split up and awarded to a small group of contractors did not satisfy the laid down procedure and appeared to be wholly illogical.

• Rs 45.34 lakh compensation given to cyclone hit fishermen

  The Puducherry government today handed over Rs 45.34 lakh as financial aid to 57 fishermen of Nallavadu coastal village to enable them buy fishing boats or repair those partially damaged in Thane cyclone in December last year.

• Villagers in Cuddalore stage road block over cyclone relief

  More than 1,000 residents of a village in Cuddalore district, which bore the brunt of cyclone Thane in December last, staged a road roko on the Vidudhachalam-Chennai road yesterday alleging relief amounts had not been paid to a majority of households in the region. Uma Maheswari, president of the Village Women's Association of Pudukuppam village, ...

• Tamil Nadu to construct one lakh concrete houses in cyclone-hit districts

  Tamil Nadu Government would construct one lakh concrete houses at a cost of Rs 1000 crore to replace damaged huts in the Cyclone Thane affected districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram, Governor K Rosaiah said today.

• Tamil Nadu announces relief measures for cyclone-hit farmers

  Tamil Nadu government today announced a series of relief measures for farmers in cyclone-affected Cuddalore district, including a sum of Rs 210 crore as compensation for damaged crops. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said standing crops including cash crops over 2.24 lakh hectares had been completely damaged due to the cyclone, which hit the distric...

• Indian Council of Agriculture Research team to visit Puducherry Krishi Vigyan Kendra

  A team of officials of Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) will visit the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Iyyankuttipalayam near here on January 12 to assess the damage caused by cyclone Thane.

• CPI urges Centre to expedite sanction of relief

  Observing that cyclone-Thane had caused extensive damage, the CPI has slammed the Centre for "delay" in sanctioning relief to Puducherry. It was a pity that the Centre was yet to announce the relief for Puducherry although more than ten days have passed since the cyclone lashed the coast, CPI national secretary D Raja, who visited the storm-ravage...

• AIADMK seeks Rs 2500 cr compensation for cyclone-hit areas

  Opposition AIADMK in Puducherry has said the Union Territory suffered Rs 2500 crore damage in the wake of the cyclonic storm that crossed the coast on Dec 30. In a memorandum submitted to the inter-ministerial Central team during its visit to Puducherry yesterday, AIADMK demanded that each house fully damaged in cyclone-Thane should be paid compen...

• Cyclone Thane: Inter-ministerial team meets state officials

  An Inter-Ministerial team deputed by the Centre to assess the damage in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry by cyclonic storm 'Thane' today met state officials, headed by Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangi.

• AIADMK urges Centre to intervene, take up rescue work

  Opposition AIADMK today urged the Centre to take up relief and rescue work in cyclone Thane devasted Puducherry as the government had 'failed' to take up enumeration on the damage in coastal areas and not even finalised any report on relief for the affected sections.

• Cyclone Thane leaves trail of destruction

  The much-dreaded 'Cyclone Thane' crossed the coast between Cuddalore and Puducherry around 6.30 am on Friday with wind speeds of 120 km per hour, leaving a trail of destruction and taking a toll of at least 28 lives, uprooting lakhs of trees and damaging roads, fishing boats and houses, besides snapping electricity and communication lines, thus di...

• Ryots alerted over crop damage by Thane

  With the cyclonic storm Thane closing in on the Bay of Bengal coast, the state government issued a high alert on Thursday.