Chennai, Nov 25 (Reporter) The Depression over the Bay of Bengal is moving towards Tamil Nadu coast despite losing its steam and is likely to intensify further into a Deep Depression promising very heavy rains in the state for the next 5 days. The Met office has issued Red alert for delta districts on Tuesday and Wednesday, while Chennai and its adjoining districts, including North coastal areas are expected to receive heavy rains for three days from Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu has made all precautionary measures to face the rains, including setting up of relief camps and deploying SDRF and NDRF teams. Chief Minister M K Stalin said all precautionary measures were put in place and the District Collectors and officials were given adequate instructions to tackle the situation. "Even if it is vary heavy rains as forecast by the weather office, the government is fully prepared to face it", he said. The Depression, which was moving at a speed of 30 kmph earlier in the day, moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 18 kmph during the past six hours and lay centred over Southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining East Equatorial Indian Ocean about 450 km south-southeast of Trincomalee, 740 km south-southeast of Nagapattinam, 860 km south-southeast of Puducherry and 940 km south-southeast of Chennai. It is likely to move nearly northwestwards and intensify into a Deep Depression during next 12 hours. Thereafter, it is likely to move north-northwestwards towards Sri Lanka–Tamil Nadu coasts during the subsequent 2 days, which will bring heavy rainfall for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Heavy to very heavy rain at a few places with extremely heavy rain at one or two places is likely to occur over Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Tiruvarur districts and Karaikal area tomorrow. A Red alert has been issued to these districts by the weather office as the rainfall is expected to be extremely heavy. Heavy to very heavy rain is also likely to occur at isolated places over Villuppuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai and Sivaganga districts and Puducherry and at isolated places over Ramanathapuram, Tiruchirappalli, Perambalur, Kallakurichi and Chengalpattu districts tomorrow. (ED : PICK UP SUITABLY FROM EARLIER SERIES)...////...