Chennai, Oct. 21 -- Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran on Tuesday urged the DMK government in the State to be prepared to handle any kind of disaster as the regional weather office has issued intense downpour alerts for several coastal districts.

"In view of the heavy rainfall, the DMK government must make appropriate preparations! Following the formation of two different cyclonic systems in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the Weather Research Center has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in 8 districts of Tamil Nadu today and an orange alert for very heavy rainfall in 10 districts," Nagenthran said in a post on X.

"At this critical juncture, the DMK government must not limit itself to mere video conferences ...