He was happy the district administration had taken all precautionary measures and geared up to face any eventuality, he added. The district administration had also kept ready 148 ‘protection centres’ – 23 multi-purpose cyclone relief centres, 32 schools, two colleges and 91 marriage halls, he said. As the sharp showers were accompanied by thunder and lightning, power supply was disrupted and several areas plunged into darkness. DRO S. Muthumari, Project Director, DRDA Getzi Leema Amalani, RDO R Suman and Assistant Director, Panchayats, A. Chelladurai were among others who accompanied the monitoring officer. Power supply was restored to most of the areas only on Sunday morning.
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