Interior districts of northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are set to receive widespread rain for the next twenty-four hours, as said by the Meteorology Department in Chennai. <br />''<br />''Its chief Dr Balachandran told the media this morning, the well-marked low pressure area that was persisting in the South West Bay has drifted inside the land terrain in a weakened form. <br />''<br />''It is set to further move in a north-west direction and dissipate later. However, under its impact, scattered rainfall is expected in northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the next twenty-four hours and a few places in the southern parts of the state. Isolated places in twelve north interior districts may experience heavy to very heavy rain.<br />''<br />''In the last twenty-four hours, Sholavaram and Madhavaram in Tiruvallur district received a maximum of 12-centimetre rain. Most parts of Chennai and its suburbs received intermittent rain since Wednesday night. <br />''<br />''<br />