Rains continue in Tamil Nadu, rescue and rehabilitation work underway

Rains continued to lash Chennai and other regions, including northern districts of Tamil Nadu on Monday while authorities disconnected power supply in vulnerable neighbourhoods as a precautionary measure.

In Chennai, most roads and by lanes and a section of subways remained waterlogged and continued to be closed. Traffic diversion too continued and road-users had a tough time.

To clear water-logging, inundation of subways and rain related tasks, Greater Chennai Corporation deployed 23,000 personnel who slogged amid showers to restore normalcy.

Two teams comprising of 44 personnel of National Disaster Response Force pre-positioned in Madurai district in view of heavy rainfall alert.

The weather department has warned of heavy rainfall over some parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh on November 10 and 11.

It also warned of localised flooding of roads, inundation and water logging in low-lying areas and closure of underpasses mainly in urban areas.

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