What happened now due to heavy rains in Chennai?
The rains that lashed Chennai have led to heavy water stagnation on the roads. As a result, the traffic was affected.
It must be noted that the day before yesterday a low pressure was present in southwest Bay of Bengal. This led to rains in Chennai. The localities like Meenambakkam, Kodambakkam, Alandur, Ice House, Nandanam, Guindy, Mahabalipuram, Kolapakkam, west Tambaram etc received rains.
Yesterday morning, low pressure turned into deep depression and rains began lashing Chennai from 10am in the morning and it rained till afternoon. This lead to water stagnation on the roads and due to this traffic was badly affected. On the Thoraipakkam main road water was present from morning till evening on the road and it led to heavy traffic congestion.
The traffic in Velachery was heavy as a tree fell down on the road. The tree was later removed by the Chennai Corporation. In Guindy, the residents suffered from foul smell as sewage got mixed with rain water. In many other localities in Chennai also, the residents were unhappy due to the mixing of sewage water and rain water. As there was rains in the evening too, the weather became cooler in the city.
The GCC has mentioned that in Chennai the maximum rainfall recorded from 8:30 pm till 5:30am yesterday was 13cm at Manali, 7cm each at Ennore Port and Pallikaranai, 6cm in Taramani, 5cm in Guindy etc. Places like Meenambakkam, Nungambakkam and Nandanam recorded 4cm of rain.
