Vellore

He ordered the demolition of a 17-year-old panchayat union primary school building at Elathur near Nemili whose roof slabs fell due to rain on Wednesday. There were no casualties as it was a rain holiday. Following his orders, the 13 students were made to attend classes in another location while the Collector said orders would be issued for a new building soon.

Similarly, he also ordered the demolition of the dilapidated Manamadurai primary school building. As proposals were already sent for a new building for this school, he said construction would start soon.

Meanwhile, Ammundi near Vellore received 28 mm rain in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Thursday followed by Mel Alathur with 21.20 mm and Gudiyattam with 20 mm. While the continuous rain damaged three houses near Nemili, another eight houses were destroyed in Wallajahpet, Arakkonam, Wallajahpet, Anaicut and Vaniyambadi.

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