Date:29/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/29/stories/2006102914340300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

IAS officers to monitor relief work

Staff Reporter

Chennai: Twelve IAS officers have been allotted the task of overseeing flood control and relief measures in the Corporation zones in Chennai.

The decision was taken after a top-level meeting chaired by Local Administration Minister M. K. Stalin on Saturday.

The following is the list of officials and their contact numbers: Tondiarpet - Rajendra Ratnoo (9443211078); Basin Bridge - Kakarla Usha (9840476128); Pulianthope - Mangat Ram Sharma (9940051512); Ayanavaram - Muthukumaraswamy C. (9884872471); Kilpauk - Kannegi Packianathan (9884437125); Ice House - S. Murugaia (9942710222); Nungambakkam - Apoorva (9940341444); Kodambakkam - P.M. Basheer Ahmed (9444022812); Saidapet - M.P. Nirmla (9444036701) and Adyar (two officers) - D. Vivekanandan (9444028840) and A. Nedunchezhiyan (9840299792).

T. N. Ramanathan (9444191709) will oversee operations from the Chennai Corporation headquarters.

A Chennai Corporation release said Mr. Stalin had directed various departments to be prepared for contingencies. The Public Works Department would have to be ready with sand bags in case of breaching of lakes. Desilting would be carried out in Cooum, Adyar and Virugambakkam, Otteri and Buckingham canals.

The Highways Department has been asked to keep roads repaired to facilitate traffic flow. Health officials would monitor the outbreak of water-borne diseases.