Friday, December 30, 2011: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa alloted Rs 150 crore for immediate relief measures and directed four ministers to visit the districts which bore the brunt of cyclonic storm ‘Thane’.After chairing a meeting with senior department officials, Jayalalithaa said on Friday that she had asked her Cabinet colleagues BV Ramana, TKM Chinnaiah, KA Jeyapaul and MC Sampath to visit Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts, the worst hit by the storm which crossed the state coast in the morning.
She said the sum of Rs 150 crore would be used for immediate relief measures and for restoring basic infrastructure facilities.
Besides, Jayalalithaa also directed the district collectors, deputy collectors and department secretaries to assess the extent of the damage caused by “Thane” and submit a report.
She said hundreds of trees had been uprooted, hampering the flow of traffic. Moreover, hundreds of electric posts have also fallen due to the cyclone, she said, directing officials to remove them by the evening.
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