With heavy rainfall lashing parts of Chennai, waterlogging has been reported in several districts of Tamil Nadu.
While speaking to ANI, a local, said, “We face a lot of difficulties due to continuous rain. It has also affected transport. Several areas are submerged in floodwater due to torrential rains.”
“We are finding difficulties in getting food as we are not able to move out. The floodwater has entered in our homes,” said another local.
KKSSR Ramachandran, State revenue and disaster management minister, had informed a total of eight people have died due to heavy rainfall in the state.
Earlier, on Saturday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin met Governor RN Ravi at Raj Bhawan in Chennai. He briefed the Governor about the rain situation and ongoing relief and restoration work in the rain-affected areas in the state.
Flood-like situations like these have become a serious cause of concern for the locals as they fear snakes could enter their waterlogged houses.
“The septic tank water has filled our house. Our children can’t go to school. Even snakes come inside the house through the water,” complained Selvi, a resident of Padur at the tail-end of Chennai’s IT corridor, whose house now stands waterlogged.
