As Cyclonic Storm Nivar crept closer to shore, residents of one of the areas hardest hit during the 2015 flood found a flyover, the safest place to park their cars and avoid submerging.
Determined to avoid a repeat of the 2015 scenario when dozens of four-wheelers filled with flood waters, several residents of Madipakkam in the southern part of the city left their vehicles on the side of the bridge overlooking the Mass Rapid train station. Transit System in nearby Velacherry.
With owners one after another parking their vehicles, the bridge was lined with swanky cars on either side of the overpass putting on a never-before-seen spectacle, civic workers said.
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In 2015, several cars parked in the cities of the city such as Madipakkam and Kotturpuram were partially or totally submerged, which greatly depreciated their value, in addition to affecting the performance of these vehicles.
The Greater Chennai Corporation, meanwhile, said zero water stagnation has been ensured in the city’s 22 meters and that waterlogging in low-lying areas is being drained rapidly through the use of heavy motors and at approximately 52 locations. , the uprooted trees were quickly removed.
More than 1,200 people living in low-lying areas, in addition to the homeless, have been housed in safe shelters, the GCC said.
The city and suburbs were hit by intermittent heavy rains during the day.
Severe cyclonic storm Nivar over the southwest of the Bay of Bengal moved west to north, intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, was about 100 miles from Chennai and will likely cross the coast before sunrise on Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department said.
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