Conservancy workers of Madurai Corporation clearing garbage at East Masi Street in Madurai on October 21, 2025, a day after Deepavali festival
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Madurai woke up to continuous drizzle on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning. The temperature hovered around 27 degree Celsius but humidity level was high at 85%.
On Monday, the sky remained overcast and by night, the drizzle had begun.
Gautam, a corporation worker, who mans the Girder Palam near Arapalayam, said that till Tuesday afternoon they had pumped out water five times. As a result, waterlogging has been prevented at the stretch, resulting in free flow of traffic.
A police head constable, Palpandi, of the traffic police stationed at Arapalayam said that they were expecting more crowd at the bus stands in the evening as people leave for their workplaces. Steps have been taken for more personnel to be stationed in these areas due to anticipated heavy traffic and rains later in the day.
Commuters waiting for bus at Periyar bus stand on October 21, 2025 when Madurai experienced heavy downpour
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G. Moorthy
Ramachandran, a mason from Melur, who was waiting at Arapalayam bus stand in the afternoon to take a bus to Coimbatore said, “With the weather being unpredictable, I decided to leave home early. Thankfully, the buses are free right now and I can reach my workplace without any difficulty.”
At Periyar bus stand, right from 11 in the morning, there was a huge crowd with commuters huddled under umbrellas waiting for buses. Rajkumar with his family was waiting to board a bus to Samayanallur. “I had come to my parent’s house for Deepavali and was planning to go home late in the evening. But, due to forecast that more rain is expected, we decided to go home early,” he said.
In the outskirts too, there was constant drizzle.
According to Ganesh from Tirumangalam, “There is no major waterlogging in the outskirts. As it was not a downpour, the ground has been able to absorb the water.”
Kumar, a farmer from Alanganallur, has just completed transplantation of paddy seedlings. He is elated and he hopes that this monsoon that has set in early will give him a bumper crop.
Published – October 21, 2025 02:42 pm IST
