Chennai: the city caught fire by more than 20cm rain since Saturday night, but better preparedness including advanced machines to drain / pumping water helped reduce losses in life and property, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, Corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words, corporate words.
Water stagnation is reported from many regions, especially in lowland areas such as Velachery, Valasaravakkam and Mambalam Barat, but their complaints are fewer, officials said.
“In Velachery, the lake has been at sea level and leads to flooding even during a normal rain spell.
So connecting the waterways to the lake does not make sense,” said an official, added that all problems would be repaired.
There are 164 water logging complaints.
About 80 people were evacuated and 27 trees fell.
On November 24-25, 2020, when 12.8cm rain recorded, 53 complaints were received and 26 trees fell.
About 90 people must be moved to the corporate emergency shelter.
This year, loss of life or nil property, said a storm water official said.
Cleaning and widening canals such as in Nerulambur and the Seatur produces minimal water stagnation.
The situation is the same on the RBI subway and the Reddy gengu subway, he added.
Nanganallur Resident V Rama Rao said the official response system has also increased.
“In our area, stagnant water is pumped faster than usual.” In accordance with the Greater Chennai Corporation, there are at least 550 vulnerable locations, but cleaning 30,000 badmisons and desilting 900 km from 1,600 km of helping waterways.
“The depth of stagnation does not cross 2 feet in any area except Pulianthope.
The water channel was built to hold 5cm rain.
Because it was around 20cm, there was water logging in several lowland areas,” said Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi.