It was the turn of Tiruvarur and Thanjavur districts to receive more rainfall than the hitherto flood-battered Nagapattinam district in the delta region for a 24-hour duration till 8.30 a.m. on Sunday. Tiruvarur district administration has estimated that 25,000 acres of paddy fields out of 3.62 lakh acres under samba and thalady crop cultivation have been submerged in the current spell of north-east monsoon rains. At Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district where the highest rainfall of 126.8 mm rainfall was recorded, the district administration...
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