Chennai floods 2021: Ghosts of the past haunt citizens amid the recent deluge

As the depression in the Bay of Bengal caused a heavy downpour that battered the state capital and nearby areas, Corporation and government officials got down to work to ensure minimal damage to life.

Published: 07th November 2021 11:46 PM  |   Last Updated: 07th November 2021 11:46 PM   |  A+A A-

People wade through a waterlogged road following heavy rains at Vyasarpadi in Chennai

People wade through a waterlogged road following heavy rains at Vyasarpadi in Chennai. (Photo| Debadatta Mallick, EPS)

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: Waterlogged roads, uprooted trees, houses submerged, relocating residents in low-lying areas, opening of the three main reservoirs these scenes from the 2015 floods are fresh in every Chennaiite's memory. And six years later, it is happening again.

Incessant rains, thunder and lightning greeted city residents in the wee hours of Sunday. As the depression in the Bay of Bengal caused a heavy downpour that battered the state capital and nearby areas, Corporation and government officials got down to work to ensure minimal damage to life. The New Indian Express lensmen R Satish Babu, Ashwin Prasath and Debadatta Mallick capture the ground reality.

(Clockwise from right) Rain water flooded on the premises of Greater Chennai Corporation's Ripon Building, West Mambalam's Devanathan Colony, T Nagar's Dr Nair Road and Ram Nagar at Velachery. (Photo| R Satish Babu, Ashwin Prasath and Debadatta Mallick, EPS)
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