Chennai Weather News Highlights: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next three days. According to the latest bulletin from the weather department, a low pressure area has formed over south Andaman Sea and the neighbourhood at 5.30 am on Monday under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over south Andaman Sea and adjoining equatorial Indian Ocean near the Strait of Malacca.
In other news, Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) C Sylendra Babu has issued a circular instructing police officials not to show haste in arresting youths in cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act as many such cases involve mutually consenting romantic relationships. The decision comes in the wake of a state-level consultation meeting involving the Juvenile Justice Committee, the POCSO committee of the Madras High Court, and other stakeholders in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry with regard to implementation of the POCSO Act.
Meanhwile, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday announced an increase in pension for the differently-abled including the visually challenged people from Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 and said his government is committed to the welfare of all sections of people, particularly, the marginalised. The Chief Minister said the State-level expert and high level committees are working towards providing technology-based framework that would enable the differently-abled persons in government and private sectors to work independently without support.
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