Jayalalithaa announces houses, Rs 10000 for flood-hit families

Heavy rains have battered Chennai, Kanchipuram, Cuddalore and Thiruvallur districts for the past one month, resulting in floods that have killed over 325 lives and destroying assets worth several thousand crores of rupees.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government faced mockery on social media on Friday for tweeting an apparently doctored photo of him surveying the flood-hit state. However many districts in the state and even many areas in Chennai city are still under waterlogging. He said help would be given on the requirements made by the Tamil Nadu government. By the time the team returned, Chennai was ravaged by floods and the top batsmen of the team – skipper Abhinav Mukund and twin brothers Babab Aparajith and Baba Indrajith – immediately got down to help with the relief work.

Well, that’s Rajnikanth, who is not only a film star but also a good human being.

Actor Kamal Haasan has distanced himself from the remarks about Governance in Tamil Nadu and questions about the usage of tax money as he was quoted by a National News Website. But there are concerns around her health and that she may have to curtail her campaign.

“There was no damage to the runway”.

Soldiers and other emergency workers who poured into the state have now switched to rushing food, drinking water and medical supplies to the residents.

Railway services resumed partially, with a few trains running from Chennai’s main train station.

More than a week since the rain abated and the water subsided, the India military continues to take part in operations to rescue people who were left stranded in waterlogged areas.

Overall, the insurance industry is likely to face claims of over Rs 2,000-2,500 crore because of loss and destruction of properties, automobiles, etc. The small and medium enterprises (SME) sector has also been severely hit by floods.

Skipper Abhinav Mukund and twin brothers Baba Aparajith and Baba Indrajith did a substantial amount of work distributing relief material to the people affected by the devastating floods.