Heavy Rain Done its Work In Chennai
Posted on: 04/Dec/2012 6:40:50 PM
After a long dry spell the cloudy city turns bright but the life of official works had extra burden. Anna University and Meenambakkam had recorded the highest of 5 cm of rainfall. Nungambakkam, DGP office and Tambaram received 4 cm. Several other stations around the city too recorded a good spell of rainfall. Traffic on main roads, including Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Jawaharlal Nehru Salai and Poonamallee High Road, slowed down following the downpour in the evening. Traffic personnel had a tough time regulating traffic in areas such as Purasawalkam and T. Nagar.
Train Schedules have turned:
The heavy Rain turned down the transportation into a scarcity level because Train services too were affected and Southern Railway staff said many late evening suburban electric trains from Chennai Beach to Chengalpattu were behind schedule. The traffics are grid locked due to congestion and stagnated water in several areas of Chennai which lead the passengers to suffer time scarcity at Chromepet, where vehicles that broke down were trapped for more than three hours.
Water levels raised in Several Reservoirs:
Due to overnight showers which had increased the annual rainfall to 93 cm against the normal of 140 cm in Nungambakkam and 100 cm against the average of 138 cm in Meenambakkam. Northeast monsoon season, beginning October 1, Chennai has registered 51 cm, which is short by 21 cm of the average rainfall for the reason. Officials of the meteorological department said that the rainfall has mostly been isolated to districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram. The rains will continue till December 7 over the city.
Roads were blocked in several areas:
A tree was collapsed on a car in TTK Road in central part of chennai. the car was waiting for a signal near Park Sheraton, when the tree collapsed. Members of the public rushed to the aid of the passengers. All six of them including the driver escaped unhurt. Many farmers are waiting for Rain in Delta region to save their crop but chennai is praying for rain to weed out.
