Water in Chitrakulam stops spilling onto local streets
This morning, a set of ducks were taking to the water so close to them in the Chitrakulam. As the sun shone bright and rain stopped this Friday, the water …
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Monsoon Alert is a 24×7 column space which will feature details Mylapore needs at monsoon time. Key contacts and regular updates on flooding, help centres, etc. This info is updated regularly.
Water levels rise appreciably in all Mylapore temple tanks
The level of water in the tank of Sri Kapali Temple has been rising in the past 24 hours as rain was steady through then night and on Nov.11 morning. …
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Brimming Chitrakulam overflows banks, water flowing into streets since morning
The Chitrakulam, the temple tank to the south east of Sri Kapali Temple began to overflow since Thursday morning, with waters flowing out on all four sides of the tank. …
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Monsoon: Thursday morning: Seethammal Colony submerged, P S Sivaswamy Salai closed to traffic.
Hema Shankar of Seethammal Colony in Alwarpet says that a 2015 deluge-like situation has revisited this colony and GCC has not dome much to come to the rescue of residents …
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Monsoon Time Useful Contacts
MONSOON TIME – USEFUL CONTACTS IN MYLAPORE ZONE ( This will be updated 24×7. Please share your own contacts that can be added here). IAS officer in charge of Teynampet …
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Food cooked at community kitchen serves people badly affected by rain
Chennai Corporation opened community kitchens on top of this week, to cater food to people badly affected by the rain. In Zone 9 ( Teynampet zone under which most parts …
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Monsoon: some families in Alwarpet move out to relatives’ houses, hotels
When the rainwater entered their apartment complex located off TTK Road on Sunday and began to threaten ground floor residents, the memories of the 2015 deluge began to hang over …
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Is Buckingham Canal, partly dredged taking the floodwaters of R. A. Puram?
Monday, November 8 morning. We are on the small bridge on Kamaraj Salai in R. A. Puram which runs above the Buckingham Canal. The water in the Canal was dredged …
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Some San Thome houses report water seeping through floor due to water-logging
Aagnes Lazar spent much time at her Jonehan Street home, a small colony located off San Thome High Road trying to clear the rainwater that had welled up in her …
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Pumps continue to clear water from campuses, houses. Stores flooded in some areas.
Motor pumps have not stopped working in many spots on and off Venkatakrishna Road in Mandaveli. They continue to pump out rainwater that flooded campuses and houses off this road, …
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As Adyar river runs into the sea in great force, it also carries and throws up city’s waste on this shore
The seashore off Srinivasapuram, at the mouth of the Adyar river is covered with all kinds of waste – vegetation, metal and plastic. How did it get here? This is …
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Chennai Corporation engineer says they are prepared to tackle the rains
Chennai Corporation officials say they are prepared to tackle the rains this monsoon. Says T.Iniyan, the assistant executive engineer of Chennai Corporation, “We constantly monitor and prune the trees/branches that …
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