Heavy rains continue to cripple Chennai and parts of Tumil Nadu in what is being called the worst rain in a century.
All operation at Chennai airport have been suspended for rest of the day and 22 trains to and from the city have been cancelled.
In the wake of the flood alert issued in parts of Tamil Nadu, the Chennai Corporation on Tuesday announced emergency contact numbers for all the regional zones in the city. With the MET predicting more rain in the next four days, the state government issued a flood alert today.
People in several flood affected areas in south Chennai were evacuated to safer places on emergency basis.
Chennai Collector E. Sundaravalli has appealed to families living along the Adyar river to move to safer places after the state government released 20,000 cubic feet per second of water from Chembarambakkam reservoir into Adyar.
Power supply was snapped in Perungudi area due to a sudden increase in water level. Water logging was also reported in Guindy. Next 10-12 hours are crucial for Chennai as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy rains in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for next 4 days.
“Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds may make the situation worse in Chennai,” the IMD said.
