A sense of helplessness and intense anger overflows in the fishermen colony at Kovalam near here as the tiny village with 60 families still remains cut-off from other parts of the district due to stagnation of floodwater for the past 44 days.
It was life as usual in the colony at Kovalam, which falls under Mullakkaadu village panchayat on the outskirts of Thoothukudi, until the torrential rain on December 17 and 18 battered the southern districts, particularly Thoothukudi. With the floodwater gushing towards the colony from nearby breached irrigation tanks, the road connecting the colony with nearby areas was washed away along with electric poles and pipelines carrying drinking water to the 300-odd fishermen in the colony.
