He also instructed all administrative officers including the Commissioner, administrator, and deputy Commissioners should ensure their presence in the field.

All Deputy Commissioners and Municipal Heads should take immediate steps to remove rainwater from populated areas so that people do not face difficulties in the respective areas, he said.

The Chief Minister also ordered that in case of a shutdown, heavy machinery should be kept ready at the sites to restore the means of communication, and all kinds of encroachments and obstructions should be removed from the rivers to drain the rainwater.

Quick response should be given in any emergency by monitoring the entire situation from the control room, he said, and added that municipal services should be mobilized to drain rainwater from low-lying areas.

He said that concerned departments should keep an eye on the electrical installations along with the maintenance of the electrical system adding that the people would also be careful in the rainy season.

The CM advised that people should stay away from water drains, raw and rotten walls and constructions, and electrical installations.