Kollimalai:
Located in the Namakkal district, Kollimalai is a famous tourist spot in Tamil Nadu where a large number of tourists from outside and neighboring states visit every day.
In this situation, there has been heavy rain in the Kollimalai hills for the past few weeks and in this situation, the waterfalls here are getting flooded and there are also sudden wildfires.
Retaining wall collapsed due to rain:
Due to the heavy rain in Kollimalai, the barricade on the 70th Kontai Needle Bend main road from Karavalli at the foot of Kollimalai collapsed and the traffic in the area was affected.
Renovations are quick:
In this situation, due to the lack of rainfall in the Kollimalai hills, the work of repairing the retaining walls is going on intensively. Suresh Kumar, Assistant Executive Engineer, Utkota, Senthamangalam Highway Department, and Subramani, Assistant Engineer, inspected and inspected these works. They have also ordered to complete the work before the rains start.
Apart from this, temporary measures are being taken by examining the places where there is a risk of landslides in the Kondai needle bends.
Also, the areas where the rain water comes from the forest area to the roads are examined and the rain water does not reach the road and goes to the drains.