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Even arsenic the authorities braced for the wrath of Cyclone Ditwah successful Chennai, the cyclonic tempest weakened arsenic it traversed the coast. Sunday turned retired to beryllium pleasant.
Though Cyclone Ditwah was expected to lash galore parts of the city, lone an mean of 3.54 mm rainfall was recorded successful each the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) connected Sunday, (November 30, 2025) from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.
R.A. Puram recorded the highest rainfall astatine 27.3 mm, and Madipakkam the lowest astatine 0.3 mm.
Between October 17 and November 30, the metropolis received 355.7 mm of rainfall.
According to the GCC officials, 457 tree-cutting machines, including hydraulic cutters, ladders, and portable chainsaws, and telescopic cutters, were kept ready. A full of 7 trees fell, and they were cleared immediately.
Tiruvottiyur High Road successful Ward 14 faced mild h2o stagnation, which was removed utilizing a centrifugal pump, and silt was cleared.
Anticipating a downpour, the GCC had deployed a full of 1,496 pumps, including 100 hp centrifugal pumps and 550 tractor-mounted pumps.
According to a release, 215 alleviation centres and 110 assemblage kitchens distributed 32,500 meal packets successful Adyar Zone’s Ward 172 and Sholinganallur Zone’s Wards 192, 198, 199 and 200 connected Sunday.
One lakh packets of Aavin beverage pulverization and 1 lakh alleviation kits containing rice, pulses, and cooking lipid were distributed.
Twenty peculiar monsoon aesculapian camps were held to forestall illness outbreaks. A full of 103 boats were deployed to determination residents from low-lying areas successful lawsuit of inundation.
Additionally, 60 unit from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 30 unit from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were enactment connected standby.
As galore arsenic 478 vehicles and machines, including amphibians, amphibian excavators, robotic excavators, mini-amphibians, and super-sucker vehicles and tree-clearing vehicles,, were positioned for tract operations. Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin visited the State Emergency Operations Centre connected Saturday evening and took banal of the preparedness successful assorted districts.
Arrangements had been made to deploy 10 much teams of the NDRF successful assorted parts of the State, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said connected Saturday.(November 29, 2025).As of Saturday evening (November 29), a full of 12 NDRF teams and 16 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams were deployed successful 16 districts crossed the StateAs of Saturday evening, a full of 1,836 radical were accommodated successful 26 alleviation camps successful districts that received dense rains.
Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin visited the State Emergency Operations Centre successful Chennai connected Saturday evening and took banal of the concern and preparedness successful assorted districts. “As of present [Saturday evening], crops successful astir 20,000 hectare are nether water. Once the h2o drains, the harm would beryllium ascertained.”
Over 1,100 boats are acceptable to beryllium deployed for rescue operations, helium said. Since dense rains are expected successful bluish districts connected November 30, the Deputy Chief Minister said: “The authorities is requesting radical not to task retired of their houses unnecessarily.”
“We are continuously monitoring the dense rainfall situation. We petition the radical to widen implicit practice to each the steps being undertaken by the government. Let america coordinate and enactment responsibly astatine this time. We volition flooded this situation,” helium said. Minister K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran and elder officials accompanied the Deputy Chief Minister.
