According to local media, the rains have set a 100-year-old record in the city, which is home to about 6 million people.
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Those who are staying in the comparatively unaffected areas are opening their doors for flood-affected people and offering food and clothes.
Schools, colleges and offices and IT firms had to remain close on Wednesday, Dec 2, following heavy rains.
So far, 188 people have died in the rains.
Twelve trains leaving Chennai Egmore were already cancelled yesterday due to water overflowing on railway tracks between Villupuram – Tambaram section.
Teams from the army and National Disaster Response Force have been deployed to rescue stranded residents and transport those that need medical care to hospital.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Wednesday urged the Centre to extend adequate financial support to the rain-hit Tamil Nadu, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the rain-hit Chennai and the affected districts. Some three districts, northernmost most districts of Channai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur have experienced extremely heavy rainfall. The duty manager at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) told Nation that six flights scheduled to depart for Chennai had to be cancelled. The river was in spate following discharge of excess water from Chembarambakkam reservoir.As a precautionary measure, Tamil Nadu Electricity Board switched off power in the suburban areas where it is supplied through overhead cables after reports of deaths due to electrocution.
Assocham says financial loss due to Tamil Nadu Rains could be around Rs 15,000 crore.
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) is a notice containing information concerning the establishment, condition, or change in any facility, service or procedure, among others, in airspace management. Unlike other states, Tamil Nadu prides itself on not rushing to the Central government with a “begging bowl” for funds at the first sign of crisis, the official told Firstpost.
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An Indian couple walks on a dry stretch of land on the waterlogged Marina Beach after heavy rainfall in Chennai, India, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.
