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Heavy rains continue to lash over Tamil Nadu and its nearby areas on Monday morning affecting the vehicular movement in the state. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the showers will continue over the next two days.
Schools and colleges in Chennai and three other districts have been ordered to stay shut for the next two days as heavy rain hammers several parts of north coastal Tamil Nadu. Most government offices will remain shut on Monday. Chief Minister M K Stalin has appealed to private firms to announce a holiday or allow employees to work from home, reported CNN- IBN.
Tamil Nadu | Traffic movement affected in Tiruchirappalli due to waterlogging as a result of heavy rainfall
Heavy rainfall expected in coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu from 9-11th Nov due to northeast monsoon, as per IMD. pic.twitter.com/N4RdTe3bF4
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Rains leave Chennai streets waterlogged, while the traffic was diverted from arterial roads to pump out water. Three subways — Vyasarpadi, Ganeshpuram and Madley Subway — have been shut due to waterlogging. The city traffic police said vehicles from Pantheon roundabout are not being allowed towards R R stadium (Marshall Road) and have been diverted towards Pantheon Road while vehicles are allowed on Marshall Road towards Pantheon Roundabout.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin distributed relief material and food to the needy people in Royapuram and harbour areas of rain-affected Chennai city , reported ANI
“There will be light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during November 7-9; over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema and South Interior Karnataka during November 7-8 November 2021,” informed the daily weather bulletin of the weather agency.
Further, heavy rainfall is expected in coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu from November 9-11 due to the northeast monsoon.
The water level in reservoirs in Coimbatore also increased following heavy rains. The present water level in Sholayar is at 160.27 feet, wherein the height of the reservoir is at 165 feet.
Two teams comprising of 44 personnel of National Disaster Response Force are pre-positioned in Madurai district, in view of heavy rainfall alert.
In Puducherry, 300 km away, normal life has been hit and educational institutions closed due to incessant rains under the influence of a cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal.
Puducherry, which has been receiving rains since the onset of the north-east monsoon, registered 6.1 cm rainfall during the last 24 hours ending 8.30 AM on Monday, PWD sources told PTI.
Karaikal registered 4.8 cm rainfall in the same period. Control rooms were operating at the PWD office, Police and Health Departments to attend to any rain-related issues. Water level in Bahoor and Oussudu tanks, the two major water bodies in Puducherry, has reached full capacity, the sources said. The discharge into Sankarabarani river was copious and the river was in a spate, sources added.
