Heavy overnight rain in Ooty leaves 20 houses inundated

Udhagamandalam: A sudden downpour on Thursday night flooded at least 20 houses at Greenfields and Fingerpost in the town, while uprooting a few trees near Ooty.
Ooty town recorded 62.5 mm of rain while Kundha received 46 mm. Balacola and Kodanadu recorded 30 mm and 25.5 mm of rainfall respectively.
A team of nine fire service personnel, including an officer, were engaged in clearing the floodwater from the houses. Ravikumar, fire service station officer, said, “About 14 houses in Greenfields area were flooded due to the rain, while in Fingerpost area rain water running on the road entered into at least five of the houses”.
Over 300 houses are located in Greenfields, which is situated in a low lying area.
Nilgiris collector J Innocent Divya, while inspecting the flooded areas in Greenfields ,said, “The Nilgiris received at least 53% more rain during the Southwest monsoon. Ooty town witnessed heavy rain in the past two days”.
She assured that all precautionary measures have been taken ahead of the northeast monsoon. As many as 456 relief camps have been kept ready across the district.