Body of woman, 55, washed away in flash flood, found in pond

Coimbatore: Fire and rescue services personnel have retrieved the dead body of the woman farmhand, who was washed away in a flash flood on Saturday afternoon in Mathipalayam odai in Perur taluk, from Sennanur pond on Monday afternoon.
“The body of 55-year-old Vijaya, wife of Marudhan, of Ambedkar Street at Mathipalayam village, was found floating in Sennanur pond at 1pm. We immediately retrieved the body and sent it to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem,” a firefighter told TOI.
Fire and rescue services personnel from Thondamuthur, Kovaipudur and Coimbatore South were involved in the search operation, which had entered the third day on Monday. Perur tahsildar B T Ramesh and revenue department officials were also camping in the locality for the past three days.
Vijaya was washed away in the flash flood around 2pm on Saturday while trying to cross Mathipalayam odai on her way back home after work.
More than 25 fire and rescue services personnel were involved in the search operation and there was no trace of her in the first two days.