The torrential rains that lashed the southern T.N. districts recently also damaged a number of facilities and buildings, particularly government offices. It may take up to a year to fix the damage that these buildings have sustained, sources said.
According to official records, 1,819 government buildings in the region were damaged in the rain causing a huge loss of government records.
While the Thoothukudi district Collectorate sustained a lot of damage due to the water that flowed inside the premises, many government offices in rural areas that were operating out of buildings in low-lying areas lost all the records that they had maintained and stored. In addition to this, police stations too, were affected in the rain. Computers, printers and other devices as well as case registers have become completely unusable.
