Rainwater goes into the ticket counter location at the Erode train station on Sunday night|Picture Credit: Special Arrangement
A heavy rainstorm on Sunday(September 21, 2025 )night triggered flooding in a couple of parts of the city, with rainwater combined with sewage water going into almost 50 homes on Kattabomman Street in Kollampalayam.
The city has actually been getting constant rains for the previous 4 days, resulting in prevalent water stagnancy and overruning sewage channels. In Kollampalayam, the sewage channel overflowed, swamping homes and requiring homeowners to move their possessions to greater ground. Income authorities moved the impacted households to a neighboring school and supplied them with food. They returned home just after water declined early on Monday (September 22).
At Erode train station, guests dealt with extreme hassle as rainwater got in the properties. The paths to platforms and locations outside ticket counters were immersed, requiring travelers to learn stagnant water. Conservancy employees later on cleared the properties. Soaking was likewise reported at the train underpass in K.K. Nagar, Vendipalayam, and Kollampalayam.
This is the 2nd time in 4 days that sewage water has actually gone into homes in Kollampalayam. Locals revealed disappointment over the civic body’s bad readiness to deal with the monsoon.
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Bushes avoiding the circulation of water at a sewage channel at Kattabomman Street in Kollampalayam in Erode|Image Credit: M. Govarthan
“This is a susceptible location where flooding takes place every rainy season. Bushes and trees in the sewage channel obstruct the circulation of water, triggering it to enter our homes,” a homeowner stated, prompting authorities to get rid of the development and desilt the channel routinely. Another citizen included that a sharp bend in the channel aggravates the flooding. “Either it is flash floods or sewage water, the civic body ought to have taken all preventive procedures.” Homeowners required quick action to avoid repetitive flooding, mentioning that untreated development along the sewage channel continues to put homes at threat throughout heavy rains.
On Monday, Collector S. Kandasamy in addition to Corporation Commissioner Arpit Jain examined the location and held conversations with authorities.