The Low Pressure Area formed over the North East Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood yesterday remains stationary, says a weather bulletin by the India Meteorology Department in Chennai.<br />''<br />''Under its influence, several areas in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry experienced heavy to very heavy rains in the last 24-hours. Avalanche in the Nilgiris district received the maximum of 18 Centimeter rain followed by Upper Bhavani 12 centimeter.<br />''<br />''In the next twenty-four hours, a few places in the Nilgiris and Coimbatore are expected to get heavy to very heavy rain, while other districts are set to receive light to moderate rain with the possibility of heavy rain at isolated places.<br />''<br />''Fishermen have been asked not to venture into the sea at the Gulf of Mannar and off the coast of Kerala, Lakshadweep, Karnataka, Southern Bay of Bengal and South West Arabian Sea for the next few days.<br />