CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin will inspect flood affected Thoothukudi district on Thursday.

Originally, Stalin was scheduled to visit Thoothukudi on Wednesday to inspect the flood affected areas.

However, the visit has been deferred by a day now owing to the visit of the central team to the coastal district to assess the damages caused by the heavy downpour there since Sunday.

A release issued by the state government late Tuesday night said that the CM will visit Madurai on Wednesday night and from there he will visit Thoothukudi the next day (Thursday) as the district administration would be busy accompanying and assisting the central team on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Stalin who was scheduled to return to Chennai tonight is understood to have postponed his return to Wednesday morning.