Superstar Rajnikanth calls off 65th Birthday Celebrations following Chennai Floods

In a hard-hitting statement, Panneerselvam said: “Chennai and nearby districts have had record rainfall and honourable chief minister has ordered relief measures on war footing”.

About 280 people have died across Tamil Nadu state since it was hit by torrential rains on December 1 that left large sections of capital Chennai under up to eight feet (2.5 metres) of water, and trapped people on rooftops with no communication.

“Some have old parents, they don’t want to take chance”, said M. Vijaykumar, deputy director of Tamil Nadu Fire Service. Now when Chennai is affected by floods, we have responded again.

“TATA AIG General Insurance has witnessed an increase in the number of claims post the second spell of rains in Chennai”. He has said that he spoke only about the disaster that has affected Tamil Nadu and lamented about the miseries suffered by the people in his letter to that media house.

After a two-day respite, Chennai received heavy rain on Tuesday night and moderate rains on Wednesday.

– Train and bus services were slowly returning to normal even as the recently launched Metro Rail continued enjoying good footfall. Power supplies and phone networks were also hit.

Rehabilitation and cleaning up exercises continued in the city, with the help of hundreds of people who came from other municipalities and corporation from other parts of the state. The city has also seen the unity and humanity within the residents when volunteers were in action by providing food packets, shelters and all the necessary items.

Radhakrishnan, the health secretary, said that while the immediate rescue operations were tapering off, the main focus in the coming days will be to prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

“None of the politicians or volunteers have approached us for the past couple of days”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the floods as a effect of climate change, as top negotiators meet in Paris to try to agree on reducing the rate of global warming.