Chennai Doctors are Ready to Help
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Chennai doctors to provide medical assistance to all the people in the flood-affected area.
Chennai ,Tiruvallur & Kanchipuram district collectors have announced holiday for schools and colleges for next two days (Dec 8 - Dec 9) due to heavy rain & flood.
As water recedes, citizens demand speedy measures. Angry residents have blocked traffic on Mount Road in Saidapet to vent their frustration about the lack of relief and rehabilitation from the government.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which was serving as the governments main relief centre, and hundreds of other independent centres collecting relief material remained severed.
The rains have washed away all divides: religion, caste and creed, a young man tells me as he thrusts milk packets, mosquito coils and water bottles in the hands of the waiting women in a village in Kancheepuram outside Chennai.
Army Flood Relief in Chennai
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The Indian Army has over 70 teams along with 57 BAUTS (medium sized boats) and 16 geminis (small boats) in Tamil Nadu undertaking Relief Operations in co-ordination with the Civil Administration.
ATMs in the city are not yet fully functional. The Point of Sale (POS) machines for credit cards are not working properly in shops, restaurants and petrol bunks.
Vegetable prices go through the roof
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Supply of meat and vegetables has taken a hit in the flooding and rain. As a result, prices of some products have skyrocketed. Potatoes, for example, are going for as high as Rs. 100 per kg in some shops.
