trichy heavy rain lashed the delta regions under the influence of cyclone nada which is expected to weaken into a deep depression a mild drizzle at around 430am turned into moderate rain with strong winds in nagapattinam which caused heavy damage to the hundreds of mechanised boats stationed at a fishing harbor in the district national disaster response force ndrf personnel have arrived in the district officials to tackle any unforeseen circumstances trichy thanjavur karur and other districts in the central region also received incessant rainfall following this the distant cautionary signal no 3 was hoisted at the nagapattinam port earlier in the morning on thursday cautionary signal no 5 was hoisted since the metro department warned that the depression would cross the coast between vedaranyam in nagapattinam district and cuddolore district the district revenue officials were asked to be alert to tackle any aftermath of the cyclone the national disaster response force ndrf personnel comprising 40 members arrived in nagapattinam and set up evacuation centres with essential commodities like dry food milk and drinking water especially for children and senior citizens private cellphone operators were also asked to keep their communication network uninterrupted principal secretary pradeep yadav visited and inspected the arrangements in sirkali and kollidam taluksmeanwhile a fiber boat owned by n shankar 35 who ventured out into the sea for fishing on november 29 with four others had washed ashore near jaffna in sri lanka on information district collector s palanisamy and state minister o s manian visited kodiakkarai and met the relatives of the fishermen and assured them for early retrieval of the boat and fishermen in trichy and karur the sky was dark for the whole day and rain started to lash during the morning hours and it turned into shower rest of the day some low lying areas inundated with rain water in trichy due to the morning rain however there was no rain in thanjavur