Due to this flooding, tourists are prohibited from bathing near the waterbodies adjacent to the Old Courtallam Falls, which is a major tourist attraction in the district, an official said.
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) conducted different drives over the zone and apprehended nine people for the illegal sale of railway tickets.
Kovilpatti Nagar, Inammaniyachi, Chitangulam, Ilupbaiyurani, Mooppanpatti, Pandavarmangalam, Manditoppu, and Nalatin Puthur were the places in the district where the rain was heavy.
Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the newly constructed Nuagaon Road-Daspalla Railway section and flagged off passenger train services to Daspalla in Nayagarh district on Saturday.
According to Station House Officer (SHO) Gudimalkapur, Shaik Mujeeb Ur Rahman, "The Gudimalkapur taskforce police conducted raids on two illegally running spa massage centres on Friday evening and arrested five women."
Light to moderate spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in several districts of Tamil Nadu during the next three hours, said a nowcast warning issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre on Saturday.
India is witnessing a steep rise in its metro ridership as daily ridership across metro systems in the country has already crossed the 10 million mark, and is expected to exceed 12.5 million in a year or two, according to Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.