Chennai Rains - Live Updates (December 5,2015)
Posted on: 05/Dec/2015 8:39:03 AM
- Saidapet area waterlogging & cars damaged
- Cars damaged due to flood
- Mambalam matlie subway
- Special train from Coimbatore – Chennai Central will leave Coimbatore Jn at 22.40 hrs on 05.12.2015.
- Special train from Chennai Central – Coimbatore will leave Chennai Central at 22.10.hrs. on 05.12.2015.
- Cloudy weather will prevail here in Chennai and a few regions may receive sporadic rainfall.
- Rain showers will continue till 8th of this month in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. From 9th of this month, there will be no rainfall alert and from 11th of December, rainfall will eventually reduce.
- Rainfall is likely to continue for the next 24 hours in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, according to Ramanan of Meteorological department.
- TANGEDCO has announced that people living in the flood hit areas of Chennai North, Chennai West, Chennai Central, Kanchipuram, Chengalpet and Cuddalore can pay the electricity bills up to 15th of this month without fine. Even those who have crossed the due dates can also pay their bills without fine till 15th of December.
- To get uninterrupted supply of Aavin, people living in Chennai and its suburbs can dial 9840387510, 9840907494 and 9443944908.
- Power supply back in Nanganallur,Thiruvanmiyur & kottivakkam areas.
- IDBI ATM available at OMR near kohinoor hotel, chemancheri
- Few area in Pallikaranai getting mobile networks now
- Volunteers who are ready in Gopalapuram contact priya - 9840396188. 2000 food packets ready.
- SBI ATMs are working at St. Thomas mount, Axis ATMs working in kathipara.
- Many people have been finding it difficult to withdraw money as very few ATMs worked around the city. Diesel and petrol are also in short supply, but the government has said that the situation will improve in the next few days.
- Still severe water logging, many roads are slowly becoming motor able again.
- There has been partial restoration of telecommunications and trains services in Chennai.
- Korattur, Adambakkam Area power Back, Ashok Nagar, Ekkattuthangal - water level reduced and power is back
- Kovur Area Water Reduced,Anakaputtur Bridge is Open Now
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced that the passengers can travel free of cost for four days from 5th December.Normality is now returning gradually in the flood affected districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur. At this juncture, people would be travelling to different places. Therefore the MTC buses would be operated free of cost to the travelling public from December 5 to 8.
- A special train will be operated from Chennai Beach to Bangalore on 05.12.2015. The train will leave Chennai Beach at 16.30 hrs. on 05.12.2015.
- Suburban train services between Chennai Egmore – Tambaram have been commenced.
- Chennai Banks will remain opened on Dec 6,2015,even though it is a Sunday.
- A team of the Airports Authority of India has carried out inspection of the operational area of the Chennai airport. and in consultation with all the stakeholders, including all airline operators and regulatory authorities, declared that Chennai aerodrome is available for limited day time operations under Visual Meteorological Conditions for technical ferry and relief flight.. Subsequently, this would be upgraded to all weather operations as and when facilities are restored.
- Presently more than 50 teams (including BAUT based Rescue & Relief Teams, Engineer Teams & Medical Teams) are operating in Tambaram, Urapakkam, Mannivakkam, Mudichur, Defence Colony, T Nagar, Kothurpuram, Kasi Theatre & Perungudi which are the more affected areas presently.
- The sky condition would be generally cloudy. One or two spells of rain or thundershowers may occur in some areas.
