Chennai: Sharan Sanjay, 23, remember how during the 2015 Chennai flood, a group of Terra tigers felt careless in their efforts to help people with vehicles stranded on the road.
“People panic and so do we, communication goes down, and we finally send some volunteers to the same place.
The response will take four hours,” Sharan said.
“This time we are ready.
We sent Helpline numbers last week, and had volunteers focused on various regions in the city.
So now we can reach in one hour,” he said, which added that the group of 20 volunteers had helped 15 vehicles stranded from day Sunday.
While the 2015 volunteer efforts, although vibrant, more reactive and scattered – nobody predicted the scale of destruction – groups became proactive and organized when the vendah cyclone hit in 2016, but really turned into a machine that was well oiled at times .
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Chennai was at the forefront of voluntary activities, Anoj said Visawanathan, one of the founders of the Milaap Crowdfunding platform.
“Chennai has one of the highest initiatives and raising funds in Milaap.” Visawanathan said that during the flood, more than 70 fundraising began with Chennai increased more than Rs 1.63 Crore.
NGOs and volunteers work to support corporate city, cities and government organizations that have opened the kitchen community.
The Minister of Health Ma Subramanian said his friends had provided food in satapet and its surroundings.
The Greater Chennai Corporation has been tied with 60 NGOs to help with the distribution of food and rescue work.
Complaints from until 1913 were being forwarded to the volunteer group, said a corporate official.
In areas such as Pattalam locals who have fiber ships have stepped to evacuate stranded.
Rinu Mecheri from Chennai volunteers, which connects resources with those who need in various parts of old age homes and shelter places to the hospital, saying that this time tried to be more organized.
“Chennai Corporation does work well in terms of providing emergency and evacuation assistance.
It allows us to focus on helping inventory, for example, emergency lights, food, umbrellas for homeless people and also in areas where there is flooding and no electricity.
We now see rehabilitation after rain, “said Rinku.
(With input from Gautham Command)