Declare floods in Tamil Nadu national calamity: AIADMK

He met Chief Minister, Jayalalitha, and gave her a cheque of Rs 10 crore towards the CM Relief fund to help people who were severely affected by the Chennai floods.

Kanchipuram, which is famed for silk saris and temples, is located 70 km from Chennai.

Superstar is shattered by the range of damage that happened to the people of Chennai due to heavy rains and floods all through last week. rescue operations are progressing at a rapid pace and several stars are actively participating in it. The global airport in the state capital Chennai had closed on Wednesday leaving thousands of passengers stranded, after record rains worsened flooding that has claimed almost 300 lives since Nov 9.

“I would like to specifically highlight the fact that in this extraordinary and unprecedented natural catastrophe, many households have lost all their personal effects and domestic durable assets, which are very valuable and can not be adequately compensated through the existing structure of relief payments”.

Sources said they couldn’t recall such an attempt to rope in the Centre to share the state’s financial burden in compensating losses, as states normally use central grants for repairs, relief and compensation.

An also an official announcement about Enthiran 2. Where is the normalcy? Soldiers and other emergency workers who poured into the southeastern state have now switched to rushing food, clean drinking water and medical supplies to hard-hit residents. The absence of effective storm-water drainage systems means that the water has nowhere to go and quickly inundates low-lying areas and roads throughout the city.

Insurers told IANS that a majority of the flood victims have not insured their homes and its contents against fire, floods, burglary and other risks.

Southern Railway has cancelled many long distance trains in Chennai, officials said.

In order to gauge the magnitude of the loss, insurance regulator Irdai had just days ago directed all non-life insurers (including standalone health insurers) to submit information relating to insurance claims in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry on a daily basis.

In a statement, Jayalalithaa said two and three-wheeler makers – TVS Motor, Yamaha India, Bajaj Auto and Eicher Motors – have agreed to service flood-damaged vehicles free of cost.

As present Rajnikanth is staying in Chennai and doing his bit to the flood affected victims.