Chennai: Heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds pounded a number of components of northern Tamil Nadu on Saturday, affecting normalcy, as cyclonic storm Fengal, anticipated to make landfall close to Puducherry later within the day, continued transferring in the direction of the coast.
What started as intermittent rainfall in coastal areas on the evening of November 29, step by step turned regular resulting in water logging in a number of areas and lots of residents of low-lying Madipakkam parked their autos on either side of close by Velachery flyover.
Residents of comparable weak areas too parked their autos in protected areas. Roads have been largely abandoned and civic employees, police, and hearth and rescue personnel have been deployed in all weak locations.
Departure and arrival schedule of flights have been affected to some extent. Chennai Metro Rail stated its companies have been operational with none glitches and knowledgeable public of parking areas in particular stations that have been susceptible to inundation. State-run transport companies operated skeleton companies in Chennai and close by areas.
As the ocean was fairly tough, police put up barricades blocking entry to famous seashores together with the Marina and Mamallapuram. State-run Aavin milk provide was not affected and energy provide continued to be regular in most areas.
The federal government had already declared November 30 a vacation for academic establishments and requested IT companies to make their workers work at home.
