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SLUSHY STRETCH: Rainwater stagnates after Wednesday’s downpour at the Mogappair East bus depot, much to the inconvenience of commuters. —
CHENNAI: Heavy rain on Wednesday night brought good flows into city reservoirs but caused inundation in several parts of the city and suburbs. A Meteorological Department official said an upper air cyclonic circulation from Orissa to the Gulf of Mannar across the coastal Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday had led to a downpour of 7 cm in the city as per the recording at Nungambakkam observatory. Meenambakkam received 5 cm of rainfall till 8.30 a.m. on Thursday. The Meteorological website said that Chennai received an excess rainfall of over 54 per cent between June 1 and September 5. The city recorded 52 cm of rainfall as against the normal rainfall of 34 cm. The department forecast a generally cloudy sky with shower or thundershower on Friday. A Chennai Metrowater official said the inflows brought 160 million cubic feet of water to the reservoirs on Thursday. This means a week’s supply of drinking water to the city. The year ahead would be comfortable in terms of drinking water supply with such additions to the reservoirs’ storage. The Tamil Nadu limits of the Kandaleru-Poondi canal have realised about 1.7 thousand million cubic feet of water so far. Though rainwater had drained off by Thursday morning, some pockets of the city were water-logged. Residents of Arulambal Street in T. Nagar said there was a 30-foot-deep pit on the road that was filled with water. “It has become dangerous to even walk on our street,” said Gayathri Srikanth, a resident. The problem on Arulambal Street began about nine months ago after the street was dug up for pipe-laying work. Construction debris was used to cover the pit but the road started caving in. Residents have sent several letters to the Chennai Corporation seeking remedial action. S. Lokabi, a resident of Hyder Gardens in Perambur, demanded that the desilting work of Otteri Canal must be completed before the onset of the monsoon to prevent flooding on Perambur High Road and Stevenson Road. “The canal and some of the storm water drains leading into it have silted up blocking water flow,” he said. Sewage leak from manholes spilled over to the roads in a few areas. A stretch of road on P. S. Sivaswamy Salai flooded with sewage water was left unattended. Residents of suburbs were more affected by Wednesday’s downpour. Roads in Tiruvottriyur are pockmarked with potholes. Tiruvottriyur High Road and Manickam Nagar Main Road were flooded. In the south, parts of Madipakkam such as LIC Nagar and Ram Nagar remained water-logged.
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