The holiday was announced by Nilgiris District Collector Lakshmi Bavya Tanneru who took charge on Wednesday.
Rain continued across the district on Thursday as well. The district had received an average rainfall of 42.71 millimetre in the last 24 hours ending 8am on Thursday. Avalanchi received the highest rainfall of 204 mm and Emerald received 123 mm.
A tree fell on the Pollachi-Valparai hill road at 5 am and traffic movements were affected for more than two hours. Due to flooding of the ground-level bridge a large number of workers could not reach the Anali tea estate for work.
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