And this is not the end of woes for Chennai residents as the Met department has predicted more rains in the Tamil Nadu capital and other coastal areas on Monday. Schools and colleges were closed in as many as 15 of the total 32 districts in Tamil Nadu. Chennai received three cm rainfall between 8:30 am and 11:30 am on Sunday.
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The water level at Chembarambakkam stood at 81.80 feet against the full capacity of 85.40 feet, prompting authorities to discharge excess water into the Adyar river. Those living in embankment have been advised to move safer places. “Apart from conducting rescue operations, these teams will assist local administration of various districts to distribute relief material, food items and medicines to the affected people”, he said.
Making a visit to her Dr Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency here to review the situation following the rains, Jayalalithaa told people that while the north-east monsoon stretches for a three-month period from October to December, a significant part of it had been realised in “a few days”. Paddy crops in hundreds of acres remain submerged in this region.
More than 10,000 fishermen did not venture out to sea for the fourth consecutive day.
Senior IAS officer Shivdas Meena, who has been appointed the flood monitoring officer for Nagapattinam district, toured various parts of the district along with District Collector S Pazhanisamy.
Kollidam, Thalaignayiru and Ananthamangalam areas, which have been identified as flood prone areas, are under round-the-clock vigil.
The National Disaster Response Force was deployed in Andhra Pradesh as a preventive measure.
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The moderate to at times heavy rain may last until November 28.
