Chennai: Government-owned banks will function on Sunday in flood-affected Chennai and other Tamil Nadu districts in order to help people.
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A man carries a dog as he wades through a flooded street in Chennai, in the southern state of Tamil …
Right now, Chennai-India’s fourth-largest city with a metro area the size of Chicago-is paralyzed.
“It’s hard to say for certain that a particular extreme event for the monsoon is attributable to anthropogenic climate change – like the Pakistan floods of 2010 – but we do know that with a warming climate more moisture can be held in the atmosphere, leading to heavier rainfall when it does occur”, the Royal Meteorological Society writes. “But we have built over many of these water bodies, blocking the smooth flow of water”, she said. “I am confident that normalcy will return to your state in the near future under your leadership”. NDRF, and Armed forces sent by Government of India have rescued more than 28000 persons. This should allow workers and relief supplies to come into the stricken city.
A team of Singapore Red Cross volunteers will be deployed to help distribute the relief items.
Members of the public can make donations at the Red Cross House from 9.30 am to 8 pm on Mondays to Fridays, and till 3 pm on weekends starting from Dec 7.
Nayaz, who is following the developments on TV channels and social media, said he can’t imagine the magnitude of rains in places, where he used to travel with friends or relatives. It is in the process of contacting the remaining Singaporeans.
The devastating floods in India’s south are the result of greenhouse gas emissions pumped by industrialized nations into the atmosphere, Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar told Indian daily The Hindu on Friday.
Though water has begun to recede from many submerged areas, many extra nonetheless stay flooded, necessitating the rescue groups to continue to work on a warfare footing. He pledged $290 million in relief funds. Late on Friday, Tamil Nadu’s most senior state official, K Gnanadesikan, and other top colleagues appeared before reporters for the first time since the flooding and defended the aid operation, saying those involved were doing an “extraordinary job under trying circumstances”.
The runway at Chennai airport had been cleared of water and planes that had been stranded for the past five days were being flown out for technical checks at nearby centres such as Bengaluru, officials said.
“Flight operations from Chennai airport will resume partially from tomorrow”.
Singapore has contributed $75,000 to assist those affected by the devastating flood in Chennai, country’s foreign affairs ministry said today (Saturday).
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Waterlogging continued in many parts such as Kotturpuram, suburban Mudichur and Pallikkaranai even as hapless residents who had taken refuge on higher floors of buildings were seen pleading for essentials like milk and water which remain in short supply.
