TN geared up to meet cyclone Nivar with relief camps: CM

Chennai, Nov 25 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Tuesday said that relief camps have been set up and other necessary measures taken in view of Cyclone Nivar which is expected to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Mamallapuram and Karaikal on Wednesday late evening.
He also said the government has declared a holiday on Wednesday and bus services in seven districts have been stopped but people in essential services will work.
The Met Department has predicted that Nivar will have a landfall on late Wednesday evening as very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145 kmph.
The cyclone is expected to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Mamallapuram and Karaikal around Puducherry.
Palaniswami said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him on Tuesday morning and assured of Central government’s help in relief measures taken by the state government.
Addressing reporters, he said the government has identified 4,133 locations that would affected by Nivar and the District Collectors concerned have been instructed to take special care.