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https://twitter.com/musicaltrees/status ... 1456330752ramana wrote:Is Cooum canal flushed finally?
She leads. She wills. She will.
She bleeds. She spells. She will
https://twitter.com/musicaltrees/status ... 1456330752ramana wrote:Is Cooum canal flushed finally?
She leads. She wills. She will.
She bleeds. She spells. She will
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjO919_7ZusLokeshC wrote:I wonder if even massa style drainage would have saved Chennai from this deluge. Stay safe my TN biraders.
On Twitter someone said this video is from some other occasion and location.krishGAgain wrote:Not sure about where the video is from....Description says this was near Chembarrambakkam Lake. People were stuck inside the house.
Vasu
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Our milkman delivering milk this morning. In waist deep water. Such selfless service. #chennairains
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Ramanathan S @madarassi Dec 1
Our milk lady Radha in Chennai - been delivering for 25 years, and did not fail to show up this morning.
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coordinated effort by ordinary citizens from many areas in bangalore. Lots of supplies dispatched. more on he wayComer wrote:Several SUVs filled with supplies have left from my apartment building, with more to leave tomorrow night. Very very nice to see people from different parts of India coming together to help. Goosebumps onlee.
The refusal may raise eyebrows as the Karnakata government has challenged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's acquittal in the ₹66 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case in the Supreme Court, which has posted the hearing in February.
Yup, apparently there are points in different areas of the city where people can contribute, which will be sent by trucks to Chennai. So the cars from my apartment could very well be going to these drop off place than going all the way.chetak wrote:coordinated effort by ordinary citizens from many areas in bangalore. Lots of supplies dispatched. more on he wayComer wrote:Several SUVs filled with supplies have left from my apartment building, with more to leave tomorrow night. Very very nice to see people from different parts of India coming together to help. Goosebumps onlee.
The scowl on the guy's face says it all. Shameless AIADMK politicians. She is the Queen, and they just cannot get together to throw her out. Probably because each one is a crab trying to ensure the other guy is not the winner. The same symptom plaguing Congress.ramana wrote: For relief!
The description is wrong. It is from Jordan and about a year old.prahaar wrote:krishGAgain wrote:Not sure about where the video is from....Description says this was near Chembarrambakkam Lake. People were stuck inside the house.
On Twitter someone said this video is from some other occasion and location.
Said friend and his SHQ couldn't sleep last night remembering the hundreds of people stranded, while they had sailed out in rented boats. This morning, they called up the fishermen and rehired the same boats that they were rescued in yesterday, went door-to-door and collected about 200 food packets, cooked a bunch more and then headed out back to their locality. On the way, they met a couple of guys that had about 1000 packets of food, but didn't know where to donate it. So they combined and went to their area and spent the next 4 hours going to the deep water areas and distributing food/water. Apparently, there are still some places in their area where the water is around 6-8 feet and people can't leave their houses. They were done distributing their stuff late in the afternoon when a Navy truck showed up with more food/water, so my friend volunteered to go with their boats and show them the route. Net result: About 200 people rescued, a few thousand food and water packets distributed.ArmenT wrote:One of my friends and his family and neighbors got rescued this morning after spending the last few days in the upper floor of his apt. complex. Ground floor was flooded, no electricity, no fresh water, 15 people and a dog in the first floor. He was making posts every few hours trying to get someone to send a boat and their phones were all running low. Rescue boats in his area were non-existent, because they seem to have their hands full in other parts of the city (he's in the Pallikaranai area). Finally, his friend from primary school and another guy managed to get some rescuers sent their way. As he posted later, it wasn't the police, army, navy or fire department that came to their aid, but some local fishermen in two private boats, which came all the way from Marina beach!
He says water is about 8 feet deep in the Balaji dental college area. One boat dropped them off in a small dry area and went back to pick up more residents, while the other boat carried the elderly, mothers and children further on. The rest walked onwards in waist deep water until they got to a larger dry area, from which everyone took vehicles (tempo, auto etc.) to their final destinations.
THAT IS INDEED HORRIBLE OF HER TO REJECT! SHAME ON JJRony wrote:Tamil Nadu govt refuses Rs 5 crore assistance offered by Karnataka: Report
The refusal may raise eyebrows as the Karnakata government has challenged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's acquittal in the ₹66 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case in the Supreme Court, which has posted the hearing in February.
HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING:
DAY 1 (04th December): Isolated heavy to very heavy rain would occur over Villupuram, Cuddalore, delta districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Isolated heavy rain may occur over Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.
DAY 2 (05th December): Isolated heavy to very heavy rain would occur over Villupuram, Cuddalore, delta districts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal. Isolated heavy rain may occur over Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu.
DAY 3 (06th December): Isolated heavy to very heavy rain would occur over South Coastal Tamil Nadu. Isolated heavy rain may occur over Kerala, Lakshadweep, North Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
DAY 4 (07th December): Isolated heavy to very heavy rain would occur over South Coastal Tamil Nadu. Isolated heavy rain may occur over Kerala, Lakshadweep, North Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Kerala RTC started its special operation for rescuing people affected by Rain floods in Chennai. A Package of 200 Ltrs water , 30 packets bread 15 kg banana by Thrissur Depot Engineer and Mechanical team. KSRTC Thrissur Depot Engineer Mr.Sunil Mannadi and his team Contributed Water and Food items for Chennai Victims. The bus is from Thrissur to Chennai for take back people by Free of cost. Its not for only Keralites, anyone can use this facility., the bus will stop enroute to drop pax at salem and coimbatore. A great Thanks from Team TNSTC Blog to those Kind hearted People. Like special buses carrying Food items and other needs is operated from Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Palakkad too.
Considering the number of displaced people in the city, the government has announced that passengers can travel in MTC buses free of cost for four days, beginning Saturday (December 5).
According to an official release, normality was returning gradually to the flood-affected districts of Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur and people different places. Therefore, the MTC buses would be operated free of cost for the travelling public from December 5 to 8.
The Corporation’s fleet has suffered an extensive damage due to the buses getting submerged. Many buses that reached remote corners in the far-flung and extended suburbs did not return to their respective depots, officials said.
What I'd been saying all along, but was called out as mai-baap cultureChennai’s plight has moved the country and it seems, even the Rain Gods, for a change, had a change of mind Thursday. Though overcast, the skies didn’t open up until evening, giving Chennaiites much-needed breather and letting the armed forces, NDRF and the State government mount a massive relief and rescue operation. The brief window has also given us an indication of the sheer scale of the devastation caused in the last few days, particularly on, what could only be called, the Terrible Tuesday. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has confirmed that Chennai received in those 24 hours 330 mm rainfall, much more than the 250 mm it generally gets in the whole of December — a 100-year record. Where does this leave Tamil Nadu?
Coupled with the recent, almost as devastating rainfall, the State is now looking at an unprecedented crisis. The previous spell alone had left in its wake an `8,481-crore loss — this quantification doesn’t really convey the tragedy. Analyse this: 269 people have lost their lives; by one estimate, three million are deprived of basic services; railway station and the airport are shut; bus services are paralysed; power supply is snapped and hundreds are undergoing treatment in various hospitals, some of them in critical condition. Besides, several hundreds are still stranded — in railway stations, flooded homes, on rooftops and streets. For, as Rajnath Singh pointed out, Chennai is now practically an island. The NDRF has so far rescued over 2,000 people and as we write, the IAF is ferrying hundreds to safety as is the Army.
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has activated the State apparatus with commendable alacrity and surveyed the marooned areas. But, the magnitude of this tragedy is too much to cope for the State alone. It’s heart-warming to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi rushing to Chennai to see for himself Tamil Nadu’s suffering. The Centre has already promised every possible help, and the PM has announced `1,000 crore more as immediate relief in addition to the `940 crore already sanctioned. Gestures like these give confidence, but it’s the consistent follow-up action that really counts. Going by the speed with which the State government and the Centre have responded — not to forget the armed forces — there is every reason to believe Tamil Nadu will overcome this crisis. Even if, as the weatherman is warning, the worst is not over yet.
As a person from Chennai, I generally agree with you. The Corporation staff, police, firefighters initially and later the armed forces & NDRF have done a tremendous job. Of course, hundreds of volunteers both individually and through voluntary organizations have pitched in. No words can be sufficient to express appreciation for all of them.arshyam wrote: What I'd been saying all along, but was called out as mai-baap culture
Satellite pictures on Friday evening showed clouds moving towards South-East Tamil Nadu coast and adjoining North Sri Lanka even as rain-hit Chennai recorded fresh showers amounting to 2 cm.
India Met Department had kept Chennai ‘under watch’ for two days from Friday but most of the excess rain was recorded to its South as winds turned north-easterly from easterly.
The Chennai Met Centre said that the North-East monsoon has been active over Coastal Tamil Nadu during the 24 hours ending Monday morning.
‘Low’ persists
Rainfall occurred at many places over coastal Tamil Nadu. Isolated rainfall occurred over interior Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and south interior Karnataka.
Chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimetres are Nagapattinam and Cuddalore-9 each; Pondicherry-8; Cheyyur and Karaikal-7 each; Sethiathope and Sirkali-6 each; and Panruti, Anaikaranchatram, Parangipettai, and Marakkanam-5 each.
The causative low-pressure area persisted over South-West Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka off the Tamil Nadu coast.
Rain watch
In an extended forecast, the Met said that rain or thundershowers would continue to lash many places over South Peninsular India and at a few places along the West Coast for another week (until December 11). The US Climate Prediction Centre has maintained a rain watch that covers the entire area from Chennai to the South of Tamil Nadu coast, the peninsular tip (Kanyakumari) and North Sri Lanka during the week ending Wednesday.
It is again Chennai and neighbourhood which have been put on notice for rain watch during the week that follows i.e. from December 10 to 16.
Cyclonic whirl
As for the short-term outlook for four days beginning tomorrow (Saturday), the following is the assessment of the Met Department.
Saturday: Heavy rain at isolated places over Coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Sunday: Heavy rain at isolated places over Coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala.
Monday: Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Tuesday: Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Lakshadweep.
The movement of the rain belt from South-East Tamil Nadu and adjoining Sri Lanka around the peninsular tip and onward to the Lakshadweep Sea tracks that of the low-pressure area and its embedded cyclonic circulation and the larger trough that hosts the twosome.
In this manner, the rains should dry up over Tamil Nadu but the southward movement of an anti-cyclone from North India is seen squeezing available easterly winds of its moisture over North Tamil Nadu.
This is what should continue to fall as rain over Chennai and its neighbourhood.
Apart from that huge volume of water flowing a few feet over the bridge (Chembarampaakkam released an unheard of 80000 cusecs), it was the swift flow & currents. The bridge would certainly have to be assessed once normalcy returns.SriKumar wrote:SSridhar...with Adayar cresting over Saidapet bridge, would that have damaged the foundations?
Kotturpuram is one of the worst-affected areas. The water was flowing over the bridge here too, even over the Thiru Vi Ka bridge near Malar hospital, Adyar. The Gandhi Mandapam & Cenatoph roads were flooded. To add to the problems, the road too caved in near the Kotturpuram bridge. The LIG apartments on the southern banks of the Adyar river at Kotturpuram are one of the worst affected within the city. Water was several floors up.SriKumar wrote: Wonder how Kotturpuram bridge is holding up...seen no pictures of that.
Meanwhile Rajali is operating civilian flights though one or two from each airlines.The airport would open at 6 AM and flights would operate till day light is there, he said.
The runway has been cleared for operations after inspections by officials and experts, another AAI official said.
News coming from MOS Aviation: Commercial flight services can't start at Chennai airport as of now, we should give it 2 days time. @RidlrCHN