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In a bid to amended monsoon preparedness, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Council connected Monday (September 29, 2025) passed a solution to prosecute nonrecreational manpower to run sump and pump arrangements astatine 83 flood-prone areas successful the city.
The civic assemblage volition prosecute 27 electricians and 30 electrical helpers for operating the sump and pump arrangements astatine 10 flood-prone locations successful Tiruvottiyur and Madhavaram for a play of 120 days connected a declaration basis. As galore arsenic 36 electricians and 36 electrical helpers volition beryllium hired for 12 flood-prone areas successful Manali.
In Tondiarpet, 16 flood-prone areas volition get 21 electricians and 39 electrical helpers to run sump and pump arrangements, portion Royapuram volition get 21 electricians and 27 helpers to mitigate flooding successful 9 areas.
A full of 11 flood-prone areas successful Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar volition get 27 electricians and 33 electrical helpers to run the facility.
Even though galore areas successful the zones of Ambattur, Anna Nagar, and Kodambakkam look flooding risk, the civic assemblage has installed sump and pump arrangements astatine lone 10 locations successful these zones. They volition lone get 24 electricians and 30 electrical helpers.
In Valasaravakkam and Adyar, 9 locations volition get the flood-mitigation arrangements with 18 electricians and 27 helpers to run the facilities during the floods.
As galore arsenic six locations successful Perungudi volition get sump and pump facilities, with 15 electricians and 18 electrical helpers operating them during the northeast monsoon.
