 "No more heavy rains in Chennai, says Met, as city limps back to normalcy")
Met Department officials say that Chennai and other coastal districts of Tamil Nadu may have seen the last of the heavy rains that inundated large parts of the state over the last month.
A low pressure formation in the Kanyakumari area that had been causing heavy rains in southern parts of the state for the past few days has also moved on.
Except for Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts, no parts of the state have reported heavy rain in the last 24 hours.
Chennai, the state capital, was victim to one of the worst floods in almost a 100 years, leaving thousands destitute and forcing thousands more to flee the city.
Normal life came to a standstill for almost a week starting December 1 as airports, railway stations, bus services, power, and essential products were not available. Schools, colleges and offices and factories were shut due to unavailability of power and transport as the streets of Chennai turned into virtual waterways.
It is only over the past three days that essential services have been restored, including public transport. Offices and factories have re-opened, but schools and colleges remain shut for over a month now.
Meanwhile, a massive clean-up is going on across the city, which faces the Herculean task of clearing over one lakh tonnes of waste, mainly plastics. People from other municipalities and corporations from the state, as well as non-governmental organisations, have pitched in to help the Chennai administration.
Meanwhile, the local administration has started demolishing buildings that earlier blocked the flow of water in key areas, a key reason for the flooding. In Mannimangalam in Mudichur area, which was one of the worst affected suburbs, large cranes were seen demolishing rows of houses built in a canal bed.
A low pressure formation in the Kanyakumari area that had been causing heavy rains in southern parts of the state for the past few days has also moved on.
Except for Tuticorin and Kanyakumari districts, no parts of the state have reported heavy rain in the last 24 hours.
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The north-east monsoon, which started October 28, caused heavy damages, besides claiming as many as 340 lives. The estimated loss to businesses is about Rs 15,000 crore, industry body Assocham had said earlier.
Chennai, the state capital, was victim to one of the worst floods in almost a 100 years, leaving thousands destitute and forcing thousands more to flee the city.
Normal life came to a standstill for almost a week starting December 1 as airports, railway stations, bus services, power, and essential products were not available. Schools, colleges and offices and factories were shut due to unavailability of power and transport as the streets of Chennai turned into virtual waterways.
It is only over the past three days that essential services have been restored, including public transport. Offices and factories have re-opened, but schools and colleges remain shut for over a month now.
Meanwhile, a massive clean-up is going on across the city, which faces the Herculean task of clearing over one lakh tonnes of waste, mainly plastics. People from other municipalities and corporations from the state, as well as non-governmental organisations, have pitched in to help the Chennai administration.
Meanwhile, the local administration has started demolishing buildings that earlier blocked the flow of water in key areas, a key reason for the flooding. In Mannimangalam in Mudichur area, which was one of the worst affected suburbs, large cranes were seen demolishing rows of houses built in a canal bed.