CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 19ABOUT 50 persons died and public infrastructure and private properties in about ten districts was damaged as cyclone Gaja wreaked havoc in Tamil Nadu. The cyclone also led to the shifting of about one lakh people to relief camps in Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Trichi, Dindigal, Theni districts. The cyclone had caused damages to hundreds of houses, felled over more than 5,000 trees and about 13,000 electric poles across the state.