Live: Area-wise updates on Chennai floods

Here is an area-wise update on the flood situation in the city.

December 04, 2015 06:03 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:00 pm IST

Area

Time

Updates

Mudichur

20:18

Water has drained. Power is back too and BSNL network is working in Mudichur and Varadharajapuram.

Mambalam

20:10

Vodafone signal is back in West Mambalam

Kamarajar Salai

19:35

Beach road is functional.

OMR

19:15

Kandanchavadi to Taramani to Thoraipakkam, all the areas are navigable. However, electricity down and only Airtel numbers are reachable in some areas.

Villivakkam

18:17

Almost no water logging on the roads, except at the bus depot. Normal traffic right now.

Padur

18:07

Roads towards Thiruporur not motorable for small cars due to some damage near Thayyur.

Sholinganallur

17:18

No power in DLF Gardens area.

Valasaravakkam

16:26

Water receding in Valasaravakkam, some parts of the area have power and phone netwrok.

Velacherry

15:11

Rescue operations at Ram Nagar in Velacherry are taken by NDRF team. Almost all are evacuated from here.

Adyar

14:50

Water has gone down in many areas - Mylapore, Nesapakkam, Alwarpet, Adyar, Kotturpuram, Jafferkhanpet.

Anna Nagar

13.30

Road route: Annanagar 6th Avenue to 1st avenue in Chintamani to Kilpauk Garden Road are all dry.

Alwarpet

12.00

Sithammal colony has no power. no network. bsnl landlines working. Knee deep water.

Ashok Nagar

11.50 am

Areas around Pillar, Jawahar Vidyalaya, McDonald's etc. are all dry. Area near Hot Chips has ankle level water. Hip or chest high water on 9th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 19th Avenues. Knee high on 4th Avenue. 10th Avenue is dry.

Cathedra Road/RK Salai

12.30 pm

Roads are dry and clear

Egmore

12.40 pm

Roads are dry

KK Nagar

12.00

Not much water in most places. People queuing up to buy milk. Bharadhidasan colony is absolutely dry. But no power.

Mandaveli

10.45 am

Save a few puddles Music Academy to Mandaveli bus depot, road is dry.

Madipakkam

11.40 a.m.

Boats being sent from Kaiveli to inside streets at Bagirathi Nagar. More boats required.

Medavakkam

11.30 am

Main road from Medvakkam all the way past Kilkattalai toward Velachery Radial Road is open on both sides.

Mylapore

8.50 am

Mobile network working. Milk, grocery available. Shops are open. Power is back. Roads are clear too.

Nungambakkam

12.30 pm

Most of the main roads are dry.

Thiruvanmiyur

11.45 am

North and South Mada streets are dry and shops open. Thiruvanmiyur flower market is open.

West Mambalam

11 am

Arya Gowda Road: water has receded; shops open; power network down. Duraiswamy Subway cordoned off from Brindavan Street. Rangarajapuram flyover is open. Rangarajapuran street and Rathnammal street still water logged.

Vadapalani

11.53 am

Avoid using 100 feet road via Vadapalani/Koyambedu/Arumbakam. Route blocked on one side and thigh deep water on other. Shell Petrol station functioning.

Velachery

12.42 pm

Ganga Nagar evacuated and secured.

Courtesy: chennairains.org

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