Rain complaint control rooms open in four Tamil Nadu districts as Vellore issues river warning
Control rooms opened in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai on October 21. Officials urged residents near Vellore’s Palar River to avoid crossing it and move from low-lying areas.
Rain-related complaint control rooms opened at the Collectorates in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Tiruvannamalai districts of Tamil Nadu on October 21, 2026, The Hindu reported. Residents can use the district helplines to report rain-related problems, while officials in Vellore have issued safety instructions for communities along the Palar River.
Vellore’s Palar River safety instructions
Citing a press release, The Hindu reported that Vellore Collector P.S. Leela Alex urged people in villages along the Palar River to avoid crossing it. She also urged residents to keep children from playing along the riverbank during the rain. People in low-lying areas were told to move to government-run shelter homes or other safer places away from the river.
Local panchayat and revenue officials and police were directed to take steps to move residents from low-lying areas along the riverbank to safer places, according to the report. The river warning concerns Vellore residents near the Palar; the complaint control rooms opened in all four districts.
Rain complaint helplines by district
For Vellore, The Hindu listed 1077, 0416-2258016, 0416-2220519, 0416-22766443, 0416-22997219 and 04171-221177. The Vellore District Administration’s disaster-management contact page also identifies 1077 as a toll-free number and lists 0416-2258016 as a telephone number, giving residents an official point of reference for two of the reported contacts.
The reported Ranipet district contacts are 7092300031 for Ranipet, 9445000507 for Arakkonam, 9445000506 for Walajah and 9445000505 for Arcot. The list continues with 9444432522 for Sholinghur, 9894347007 for Nemili and 90252-50600 for Kalavai. Residents can select the number given for their locality when seeking to register a rain-related complaint.
The Hindu listed 04175-232373 and 1077 for Tiruvannamalai district, and 1077 and 04179-229008 for Tirupattur district. Alongside those contacts, the report gave current storage figures for four Tiruvannamalai reservoirs: Sathanur held 81.10 million cubic feet against a capacity of 2,864 million; Kuppanatham held 4.88 million against 172.20 million; Mirugandanadhi held 0.30 million against 10.44 million; and Shenbagathooppu held 4.01 million against 141.53 million.
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Sources and context
- Integrated control room for rain-related complaints opened in Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and TiruvannamalaiThe Hindu
- Disaster Management Contact DetailsVellore District Administration, Government of Tamil Nadu
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