This special report covers the severe flooding in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district, where heavy rainfall has led to widespread devastation and the visit of DMK MP Thanga Tamilselvan to the affected areas. According to our correspondent, ‘we’ve been told that close to several thousand chickens were drowned because of the flood water. And the north has been incurred up to 30 lakhs over there’. Canals in the region have been breached, causing floodwaters to inundate residential areas and poultry farms. Visuals have captured the collapse of an electric transformer, highlighting the extent of the infrastructural damage. The financial toll on the local poultry industry is estimated at ₹30 lakh. With a yellow alert issued and forecasts predicting more rain, concerns are growing over the rising water levels in the Vaigai and Mullaperiyar dams.