Passengers walk through a waterlogged area after heavy rains, in Chennai.
Four people were reported to have died in rain-related incidents in Chennai, while over 60 houses were damaged, officials said on Monday. To address water-logging, subway flooding and rain-related works, the Greater Chennai Corporation deployed 23,000 personnel, who raised slogans amid the rain to restore normalcy.
Here are the top ten developments:
- Though state-run bus services and others continued to ply in neighboring areas, services were disrupted on several routes. Metro rail service was not affected. In Chennai, most of the roads and by-lanes were covered with sheets of water, while the low-lying areas had up to two feet of water. Southern Railway said that due to rain and water-logging, there is a ‘Sunday pattern’ (minimum services) in Chennai suburban train services on November 9 in Central-Arakkonam, Central-Sulurpeta (Andhra Pradesh), Beach-Chengalpet, and Beach-Vellachery sections. .
- In view of the rains, the prices of vegetables rose sharply with a kilo of tomato, which was available for around Rs 30-40 a few days ago, is now selling for Rs 90 to Rs 100. Similarly, prices of other vegetables also showed an increase. . Keeping in view the rains, Arignar Anna Zoo said that a ‘Monsoon Monitoring Team’ has been constituted to ensure the safety and security of the animals and to take immediate remedial measures if needed.
- The Poondi, Cholavaram, Puzhal, Chembarambakkam, and Theravai Kandigai reservoirs here and the Veeranam lake released excess water, totaling 10,000 cusecs of water, as rain continued to lash the catchment areas. Mettur reservoir in Salem district is expected to touch its full level of 120 feet soon and is expected to discharge the surplus water on Tuesday. People have been alerted and local authorities have been advised to move residents of low-lying areas to safer places. Official sources said heavy rains have been lashing the Cauvery river catchment areas in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, taking the water flow into the dam to over 27,000 cusecs, which is about 118 feet.
- The Coimbatore district administration has also issued an alert for people living on the banks of the Noyyal river due to incessant rains. Vellore district officials said the water volume from Ponnai Anaikut was raised to around 6,364 cusecs by evening. In view of the release of excess water from the reservoirs, people of their respective areas have been alerted.
- Four persons were killed and 16 cattle were killed in rain-related incidents in Chennai, Theni and Madurai districts in the last 24 hours, an official release said.
- The Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued ‘alert’ and preparedness advisory for the districts of Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Theni, Tenkasi and Tirunelveli. In a bulletin, the department said the cyclonic circulation over southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining South Andaman Sea, extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level.
- So far 1,107 people have been kept in 48 relief camps in Chennai and a total of 3,58,500 food packets have been provided. Similarly, in the northern districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Chengalpet and Tiruvallur, 314 people have been kept in 10 shelters and are being provided with food and all other basic facilities. More than 200 special monsoon medical camps were organized in which 3,776 people got medical aid. A total of 152 fever cases, 165 cases related to skin infections and over 2,600 other cases were treated, officials said.
- Revenue and Disaster Management Minister KKSSR Ramachandran said two teams of NDRF personnel have been deployed in Madurai and one each in Chengalpet and Tiruvallur. Similarly, state disaster response teams are deployed in Thanjavur and Cuddalore districts. Officials said the 24 x 7 state control room here and districts can be contacted through toll-free numbers 1070 and 1077.
- Power Minister V Senthil Balaji said that out of around 44,50,000 electricity connections in the Chennai distribution circle, only 12,297 were disconnected due to security reasons. “With the flood water receding and rain, power supply will be restored swiftly,” the officials tweeted.
- Chief Minister MK Stalin inspected the affected areas for the second consecutive day and provided flood relief assistance to the affected people at Royapuram here. To address water-logging, subway flooding and rain-related works, the Greater Chennai Corporation deployed 23,000 personnel, who raised slogans amid the rain to restore normalcy.
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