CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday took stock of the flood relief works being undertaken in rain-hit Madurai and instructed local ministers and the district collector to go on the field and engage in the rain relief works.

A release issued by the state government said that the chief minister spoke to Madurai district Collector M S Sangeetha and took stock of the rescue and rain relief works being carried out there.

Issuing orders to expedite the assistance provided to the rain-affected people there, the CM also instructed state registration minister P Moorthy, state IT minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan and the district collector to go on field and engage in the relief and rehabilitation works