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Chennai rain abates after killing 189: Choppers, boats, move 55,000 to safety
Chennai submerged: Rescue operations on in full swing
CHENNAI: After two days of drowning homes, breaching banks and killing people, rain took a break on Monday night.
Soon, the combined might of man got into action: Choppers, boats and vehicles moved more than 55,000 people in Chennai and its neighbourhood to safety; community kitchens came alive to feed refugees in rain shelters; and the government resolved not to let the rain kill another person. By Tuesday evening, however, 189 lives were lost across the state.
If you were not in one of the 789 spots - or the banks of Adyar - identified by the city corporation as flooded, everything looked fine on Tuesday as sun shone bright. But the Adyar was in spate, the gushing waters from the Chembarambakkam reservoir some 30km from the city feeding its fury.
(TOI photo by B A Raju)
The Army, Navy, National Disaster Response Force and the Coastal Security Group joined the civic authorities and police in evacuation. About 50 boats struggled to move out thousands of families from 15 localities along the Adyar, especially from Manapakkam, Jafferkhanpet, Saidapet and Kotturpuram. In the evening, social welfare minister B Valarmati told reporters that 25,595 people were rescued from the banks of the Adyar, and another 12,918 from other parts of the city.
In the neighbouring Kancheepuram, 130 boats ferried 16,613 people and their pets to safety. Choppers crisscrossed the suburban skies of West Tambaram and Mudichur which were mostly submerged. "We got in three days rainfall that was to be spread across three months," minister Valarmathi explained. "But we are making sure that no more life is lost. We are rescuing people and removing water from low-lying areas on a war footing."
Chennai rain abates after killing 189: Choppers, boats, move 55,000 to safety - The Times of India
Chennai submerged: Rescue operations on in full swing
CHENNAI: After two days of drowning homes, breaching banks and killing people, rain took a break on Monday night.
Soon, the combined might of man got into action: Choppers, boats and vehicles moved more than 55,000 people in Chennai and its neighbourhood to safety; community kitchens came alive to feed refugees in rain shelters; and the government resolved not to let the rain kill another person. By Tuesday evening, however, 189 lives were lost across the state.
If you were not in one of the 789 spots - or the banks of Adyar - identified by the city corporation as flooded, everything looked fine on Tuesday as sun shone bright. But the Adyar was in spate, the gushing waters from the Chembarambakkam reservoir some 30km from the city feeding its fury.
(TOI photo by B A Raju)
The Army, Navy, National Disaster Response Force and the Coastal Security Group joined the civic authorities and police in evacuation. About 50 boats struggled to move out thousands of families from 15 localities along the Adyar, especially from Manapakkam, Jafferkhanpet, Saidapet and Kotturpuram. In the evening, social welfare minister B Valarmati told reporters that 25,595 people were rescued from the banks of the Adyar, and another 12,918 from other parts of the city.
In the neighbouring Kancheepuram, 130 boats ferried 16,613 people and their pets to safety. Choppers crisscrossed the suburban skies of West Tambaram and Mudichur which were mostly submerged. "We got in three days rainfall that was to be spread across three months," minister Valarmathi explained. "But we are making sure that no more life is lost. We are rescuing people and removing water from low-lying areas on a war footing."
Chennai rain abates after killing 189: Choppers, boats, move 55,000 to safety - The Times of India
