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Ahead of Cyclone Ditwah, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has begun real-time monitoring of flood levels done flood meters installed connected 40 roads successful susceptible neighbourhoods of the city.
Work connected the 40 roads has been completed and the task would soon beryllium expanded to each flood-prone areas of the city.
The Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) of the Corporation volition commencement receiving real-time accusation astir floods erstwhile the h2o level connected the metropolis roads reaches a tallness of 2 inches, an authoritative said.
The GCC volition pass residents of the emergence successful h2o levels and flood hazard based connected the accusation collected from the 40 locations. Based connected the assessment, boats volition besides beryllium deployed to assistance residents successful flooded areas.
Cases of inundation
During the erstwhile floods, residents successful areas specified arsenic Sai Nagar adjacent Perungudi dump gait complained astir flooding for 4 days, with the h2o level reaching much than 4 feet owing to its proximity to the Pallikaranai marshland.
Following complaints from residents successful flood-prone areas, the GCC has installed flood meters successful Sai Nagar (near the dump yard), Pandiyan Nagar successful Sholinganallur zone, and connected Kumaraswamy Nagar Main Road.
Federation of Thoraipakkam Residents’ Welfare Associations president A. Francis said the flood effect this twelvemonth was expected to amended aft the installation of instrumentality to measurement floods successful existent time. “The instrumentality has been placed successful Sai Nagar arsenic it is astatine a level little than Anand Nagar. We person requested GCC officials to instrumentality america to safer locations up of floods. We don’t request crowded alleviation centres. We request exigency assistance to scope safer locations during a flood event,” helium said.
In Teynampet zone, the GCC has installed flood meters connected roads specified arsenic P.S. Sivasamy Salai, Avvai Shanmugham Salai, Musiri Subramaniyam Salai, and Porur Junction.
The civic assemblage has besides installed flood meters successful Vetri Vinayaga Nagar and Kargil Nagar successful Tiruvottiyur zone; Edayanchavadi and Old Napalayam New Colony successful Manali zone; CMDA Truck Terminal and Elizabeth Nagar successful Madhavaram zone; Muthamizh Nagar, AE Koil Street and MKB Nagar successful Tondiarpet zone; Bojaraja Nagar and Chinna Thambi Street successful Royapuram zone; Thanikachalam Nagar, 70 Feet Road, Market Street and Angalamman Koil Street successful Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar zone; Kumaran Colony successful Kodambakkam zone; Padasalai Street, Thangal Karai and Tiruvalluvar Salai successful Valasaravakkam zone; Sindhu Salai, CRR Puram, and Saraswathi Nagar Fifth Street successful Alandur Zone; City Link Road, EB Colony, Tansi Nagar successful Adyar zone; and Sai Baba Nagar, Maruti Nagar and Krishnaveni nagar successful Perungudi zone.
Senior officials inspected the warfare country of the Corporation connected Friday for strengthening flood preparedness and improving exigency effect during the rain.
Meetings held
Following orders from Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and inspection by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, elder officials – including Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Gagandeep Singh Bedi and Corporation Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran – held meetings with officials of assorted departments astatine the warfare country connected Friday.
They directed officials to instruct unit astatine telephone centres to promptly respond to calls connected helpline 1913 from residents successful flood-affected areas.
The GCC has launched automatic roar barriers astatine 17 subways to adjacent postulation connected the stretches. It has besides developed an app for utilising an aboriginal informing strategy of floods successful the city.
