More than 7,000 stranded people had to be rescued, while at least 280 people have died as a result of the floods across Tamil Nadu state. In the most recent deluge authorities turned off electricity in a few regions to stop electrocutions which were blamed for many deaths.
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Chief Minister M Jayalalithaa has introduced the federal government will distribute 2000 tonnes of bleaching energy and one crore chlorine tablets to individuals in rain-hit areas of the state, together with Chennai, for disinfecting the affected locations and purifying consuming water.
Army soldiers using boats have rescued thousands of residents marooned in high-rise buildings and launched massive relief operations to provide food and medicine.
In the evening rumours started doing rounds that Shah Rukh Khan has donated a whopping sum of Rs 1 crore to Chennai flood victims. “The landline phones are not working. And my cell phone is dead since there isn’t any electricity to charge it”.
Despite the sun shining bright for the second day running, stagnant sewage water due to choked drains in some areas like T Nagar was posing a major health hazard, becoming breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other pests.
“This is a concern”, he said.
Indian Cricket team, as a matter of fact, required a bit more involvement looking at the fact that families of two of the team’s prominent members hailed from Chennai.
Chennai airport was returning to normalcy after resuming operations on Sunday. Hospital services and transport services have been badly hit, with no trains now running between England and Scotland.
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India’s main monsoon season runs from June through September, but for Chennai and the rest of the southeastern coast, the heaviest rainfall is from October to December, also called the retreating monsoon. The Public Works Department officials in the city had advised senior bureaucrats to bring down the water level in Chembarabakkam reservoir, said sources.
