Southwest monsoon Rain & Flood updates in Tamilnadu
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MeT department says that the depression is currently located between Sri Lanka and North Tamilnadu. It is expected to move towards west/Arabian sea in the next three days.
In so many locations from yesterday, roads caved in including the Madhya Kailash junction.
Lot of flooding in areas such as Tharamani, Velachery, Madipakkam.
In Tharamani, sewage water got mixed with rain water as well.
Chembarambakkam lake is full and the authorities have opened the lake once again. It started yesterday at 5,000 cusecs of water and now releasing at 20,000 + cusecs of water per second. Due to which huge amount of flooding in many areas mainly: Adyar river banks. In Adyar river area alone 2000 households are flooded now.
Due to Adyar river flooding, many areas such as Saidapet, Jafferkhanpet and Kotturpuram areas are highly affected.
Both Adyar river and coovam river areas are alerted with high flood warning and people have been asked to leave their locations immediately.
Adyar, Indira Nagar main road - main metro water pipe broke and water coming out at a high speed at more than 6 ft height.
Tambaram once again got flooded. Last time it was only the Mudichur alone and one ward. But now almost 30 wards of Tambaram is flooded. Perungalathur is also equally flooded.
Raja kilpakkam lake is open and due to which Sembakkam and other surrounding areas flooded.
Madambakkam lake is open and so the surrounding areas flooded now.
Chrompet ward 20 is flooded. Pallavaram and Anakaputhur too on the flooding list.
Pallikaranai also flooded now.
Temporarily Sanatorium, Pallavaram, Chrompet rail route also blocked.
Tambaram - Thiruporur route. Govt buses got submerged.
Other areas such as Kodambakkam, Vadapalani, and T. Nagar are also flooded.
Tambaram airport road is flooded and there is much traffic jam as well.
Poonamalle high road is flooded heavily now and there is much traffic jam
Kattangalathur lake is open and chengalpet is very much flooded.
Chennai - Villupuram high way is one side blocked.
Looks like the damage is more than expected this time