Central Team visits Thane-hit Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam (TN): A two-member Central Team today visited some of the villages in the district that were worst-hit by cyclone Thane and interacted with farmers and affected people.
The Team comprised Manoharan, Director in-charge, Tobacco Development in the Department of Agriculture and Sundramurthi, Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Ministry.  Manoharan later told reporters that the district administration had submitted a report stating paddy crops in over 50,000 hectares and horticultural crops in 450 hectares had been damaged in the district.
The district administration has put the total loss suffered due to the cyclone at Rs 106.75 crore, he said.