Localities like Kolathur, Madhavaram, Madipakkam, T. Nagar etc still under water despite reduced rains
Posted on: 09/Nov/2021 9:27:04 AM
The rains have reduced little on Monday in Chennai but that hasn’t made the situation any better. The residents in many places have been finding their lives difficult.
Important localities in Chennai such as Kolathur, Perambur, Madhavaram, Pallikaranai, Madippakkam, Adambakkam, T. Nagar and Purasawalkam are still under water. The heavy rains in the last few days have resulted in these localities getting submerged under water.
The water logging has been present in the stretches of major roads like Perambur Barracks Road, Dr. Ambedkar College Road, Stephenson Salai, Paper Mills Road, Madhavaram-RedHills road etc
The water logging has slowed down the traffic and two wheeler riders have been finding it difficult as they have to get down and push their vehicles in the water.
In many low lying places belonging to places in north Chennai like Kolathur, Pattalam, Madhavaram and Perumbur, water entered a few houses. As per a resident belonging to Jawahar Nagar in Kolathur it was clear that despite SWD constructed on both sides of the 70feet road rainwater continues to stagnate because of the fact that the height of the road was shorter than the Paper Mills Road. He then pointed out that he had never witnessed such types of water stagnations in the locality for many decades.
The MTC bus services have been suspended in the important routes like Perambur Barracks Road, Dr. Ambedkar Salai and Stephenson Salai etc. This has led to severe hardships for the commuters.
Madhavaram- RedHills road stretch plus low lying areas were also affected due to the water released from the red hills reservoir. This has led to issues in the vehicle movement there. Inundation was also witnessed at Kargil Nagar located near Buckingham Canal near Tiruvottiyur.
With rainwater entering many homes, several localities in Madipakkam in south Chennai such as Ram Nagar, Adambakkam and Pallikaranai etc were submerged under water. The shocking piece of information is that the busiest locality in Chennai T. Nagar is one of the most flooded parts now due to continuous rains. As a precautionary measure, PWD has been releasing water from all the reservoirs as it has been forced due to the continuous rains.
