Summary:
Thirumanur, Aandimadam, Sendhurai, Ariyalur and Jayankondam in Ariyalur saw incidence of trees and EB poles falling. “The fallen trees and electricity poles were removed by the highways department and panchayat union office staff by cutting the broken parts to clear the traffic. In the first instance, an autorickshaw driver, Duraisamy, 60, from Burma Colony, was killed after a tree fell on his vehicle. The central district faced the horror of gusty winds uprooting trees and causing electric lines to snap besides leaving two people killed.A cloudy sky prevailed since Friday afternoon indicating chances of rain after the cyclone hit land around midnight. Trichy: Gaja left its mark on Trichy too after making its landfall in Vedaranyam in Nagappattinam district on Friday..