Tamilnadu government has constituted a Cabinet sub-committee to expedite flood relief works in the state.

Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi announced this on Monday.

The committee would be headed by Local Administration Minister M K Stalin, an official press release said.

Agriculture Minister S Arumugam, PWD Minister Duraimurugan, Revenue Minister I Periyasamy, Health Minister M R K Pannerselvam and Highways Minister Saminathan would be the members of the committee, the release said.

More than 120 people have lost their lives because of heavy rain that lashed different parts of the state.

The torrential rains have destroyed standing crops in over 550,000 hectares of land. 600,000 farmers have been hit hard by the calamity.

A 7,700 km of area comprising State highways and National highways has been affected.