Chennai: Non-stop torrential rains pounded several parts of Chennai and its suburbs and Puducherry for two days triggering a deluge completely disrupting normal life as army was deployed on Tuesday in two suburban areas to undertake rescue on a war footing.
The Chennai Corporation has announced Emergency Contact Numbers for all the regional zones in the city. people can contact the following numbers in case of any emergency due to the floods. Numbers: Tree fall, waterlogging - 1913; Sewage overflow - 45674567, 22200335; State Emergency - 1070; District Emergency - 1077; Electricity - 1912; Fire & Rescue -101. Navy Helpline is 044-25394240 promulgated and manned 24x7.
Here are the live updates:
* Due to the unprecedented situation we have decided on Rajali airbase,its 40km from Chennai airport: Mahesh Sharma
* Tambaram railway station turned into a makeshift shelter for stranded passenger
* Airbus 320 test landed at Rajali naval base in Arakkonam which will function as a make shift airport for passenger flights
* Chennai Airport to remain closed till December 6-Mahesh Sharma,MoS,Civil Aviation
* Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has donated his first month's salary towards Chennai flood relief fund
* Seven boats had already been deployed for rescue work, while shelters were ready to accommodate 200 people.
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* Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took stock of the flood situation in Tamil Nadu and discussed it with his cabinet colleagues, including the Home and Finance Ministers.
* Karnataka govt has sanctioned Rs 5 crore along medicines and relief items. I have asked Chief Secy to coordinate with Tamil Nadu govt: CM Siddaramaiah
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* DMK urges Centre to declare Chennai flood 'national disaster'.
* Army and navy on Tuesday came to the rescue of hundreds of people severely hit by heavy rains in Chennai that have left several parts of the city submerged.
* More than 150 people evacuated by ICG, 23 personnel and two officers in four boats engaged in rescue operations.
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Besides rushing in with rescue teams, the armed forces have also launched UAVs to get an assessment of the situation
On being requisitioned by the state government, two columns of army's flood rescue and relief teams comprising troops from the Garrison Infantry Battalion and Engineer elements were activated and have begun their operations in Tambaram, Mudichur, Manipakam, Guduvancheri and Urapakkam areas of Chennai since last evening.
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* HM Rajnath Singh will make a statement in both the houses of the Parliament on Chennai Floods tomorrow.
* The NDRF is rushing about 600 personnel and over 40 inflatable boats to be deployed in relief and rescue operations in rain-battered Chennai.
As the Chennai airport and nearby landing facilities are shut down, 15 teams airlifted from Bhubaneswar and Delhi by the IAF, will be landing at the 'INS Rajali' airbase in Arakkonam, about 60 km west of Chennai, National Disaster Response Force chief O P Singh.
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* Due to heavy rains and water over flowing above danger level at Railway Bridges in Chennai - Gudur Section the following trains are cancelled/partially cancelled/diverte
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* Situation is worrying in Tamil Nadu and parts of AP, alternate arrangements being made-Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister
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* Naval warship INS Airavat carrying relief material moved to flood-hit Chennai from Visakhapatnam
Following trains will remain cancelled as under:
On December 1, 2015:
12621 Chennai Central - New Delhi Tami Nadu Express
On December 2, 2015:
1-16031 Chennai Central - Sri Mata Vaisno Devi Katra Andaman Express
2- 22403 Pondicherry-New Delhi Express
On December 3, 2015:
12622 New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express
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* Water has entered homes in Choolaimedu, Chennai
* Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar are praying for the safety of people in Chennai, which is affected by non-stop torrential rains.
* Navy drone conducts aerial survey of Chennai floods
* Amenities being provided to stuck passengers,will evacuate them as soon as we can-Mahesh Sharma
* Chennai airport is totally waterlogged, about 700 passengers stuck at the airport-Mahesh Sharma,MoS,Civil Aviation
* No question of traffic(air) right now, heard more rains expected-Ashok Gajapati Raju,Aviation Min
* Few districts may experience very heavy rainfall. Fishermen should be concious: TN MeT Department
* PM Narendra Modi held meeting with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiya Naidu and Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Chennai Rains and flood situation.
* More heavy rain expected till tomorrow in TN, after which the intensity will decrease but rainfall will continue: Director, India Met Dept
* Army rescue operations continue in Chennai
* Saidapet bridge over the Adyar river has been closed after rise of water level.
* Necessary steps will be taken, Railway officials monitoring situation-Manoj Sinha,MoS,Railways
* Naval teams deployed,swimmers,divers,food packets,also UAVs deployed to get real time info: PRO Navy
* Navy has been coordinating with local authorities to carry out rescue ops, many teams & relief material sent: PRO Navy
* While flood rescue ops are in progress more Army columns are being brought in to augment rescue efforts.
* With civil communication & mobile towers out of commnctn in Chennai, Army is resorting to radio communication for coordinating rescue ops.
* Army rescue columns reach out to victims of floods in Chennai, succeeded in rescuing ovr 50 civilians to safety in Gudvancheri and Mudichur.
* As soon as Chennai airport is functional, we will send additional teams from Delhi and Bhubaneshwar-NDRF DG OP Singh
* Chennai Airport is in a low-lying area,with rainfall likely to continue, its not in a good situation-LS Rathore,MeT Dept
* Situation is worse in north Tamil Nadu,now heavy rains expected in south Tamil Nadu and Kerala too-LS Rathore, MeT
* The rain in coastal areas of South India is expected to continue for next 72 hours-LS Rathore, MeT Dept
* Shelter for housing 100 needy personnel kept ready at INS Adyar. Medical team kept standby for deputing at short notice
* INS Airawat equipped with 5 Jamini boats, 20 divers, lot to relief material, will reach Chennai today late eve or tomorrow morning: CG Raju
* INS Airawat departs Vizag to Chennai for rescue ops in flood affected area: CG Raju, Navy PRO (Vizag)
* Chennai airport,Tambaram and Arakkonam air bases flooded, fixed wing aircraft will land closest to Tirupathi, says Indian Air Force
* Cabinet Secretary to meet DG MeT, Home Secy, NDRF and NDMA officials at 12.30 pm
* Over 700 passengers are stranded at the Chennai airport
* Flight operations have been suspended at the airport due to flooding at the runways. Trains have been cancelled due to water logging at railway tracks in different parts of the state.
* “All operations at Chennai Airport stopped for rest of the day, all flights stand cancelled,”-Deepak Shastri, Chennai Airport Director said on Wednesday morning.
* I talked to Tamil Nadu CM a week back,had assured her of all assistance. PM also talked to her yesterday: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
* Navy personnel rescue stranded locals
* Indian Coast Guard personnel and boats on standby. Two boats assisting Police in Saidapet in rescue efforts
* 25-30 ppl rescued by Army in Gudvancheri and Urapakkam,15 rescued from a stranded bus in Manapakkam
* NDRF teams from Odisha and Bihar are not able to land in Chennai due to waterlogging at the airport, says DG OP Singh
* We hoped to get airport clearance by 6.30 am but now its postponed to 11.30 am-NDRF DG OP Singh
* Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani yesterday said that the public career has planned to run two bigger aircrafts from Chennai as soon as the weather clears.
* The death toll in rain-related incidents has touched 188.
* 10 NDRF teams dispatched; Army and Navy teams deployed for rescue operations.
* Met department predicts more rain in next four days.
* Incessant rains in Chennai, waterlogging in Anna Nagar
* As water enters homes in low-lying areas of Anna Nagar, locals rescue themselves
Chennai Egmore trains have been cancelled as water has flooded the tracks.
Two sections of railways, Chennai Egmore Villupuram section & Chennai Central Gudur section have been badly affected, Anil Kumar Saxena, Addl DG (PR) said yesterday.
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Two columns of army's Garrison Infantry Battalion have been pressed into service in Tambaram and Oorapakkam after the Tamil Nadu government sought military assistance. The Navy is also on stand-by.
Chennai is witnessing worst showers in over 100 years. According to the MET department, heavy rains is expected in the city in the next 24 hours.
Chennai Corporation has said that over 3500 people have been evacuated from the low lying areas. Flood alert has also been issued in the city.
Army has been called in for relief work. Coast Guard and Navy is on stand-by.
Most areas of Chennai, which have already been lashed by rains for over a fortnight, went under water today severely disrupting train and bus services and forcing postponment of half-yearly school exams and closure of schools in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.
A large part of the road near Madhya Kailash temple in the heart of the city in an area that connects the IT corridor, caved in resulting in a huge crater and disrupting traffic.
National Disaster Rescue Force has already despatched ten teams of which four are already in Chennai and the rest will be flying in tomorrow. “At the same time, we are also requisitioning teams from Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh,” NDRF chief O P Singh said.
Rescue work will begin and NDRF would deploy more teams if required. Teams carrying boats will also be sent to Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts.
With Tamil Nadu hit by floods,Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and assured her all possible support and cooperation from the Centre.
“Spoke to Jayalalithaa ji on the flood situation in parts of Tamil Nadu. Assured all possible support & cooperation in this unfortunate hour,” Modi tweeted.
Speaking to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa said the unprecedented torrential and extremely heavy rains which is the heaviest recorded in the past more than 100 years and has battered the state's northern districts, especially, Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Cuddalore.
She told Modi that the state machinery is fully geared to meet the challenge.
According to municipal administration, around 3,000 people living along the banks of Adyar have been relocated at safer place.
According to reports, three lakes in Kanchipuram district were breached due to heavy rains and inflows.
The Chennai Corporation has announced Emergency Contact Numbers for all the regional zones in the city. people can contact the following numbers in case of any emergency due to the floods. Numbers: Tree fall, waterlogging - 1913; Sewage overflow - 45674567, 22200335; State Emergency - 1070; District Emergency - 1077; Electricity - 1912; Fire & Rescue -101.
(With PTI Inputs)
