Monday, December 1, 2008

It was heavy rain outside and Madipakkam totally drowned in flood

It was on 26th Nov there was a slight drizzling and cold, and many were happy about the climate because it had been very long time people here in Chennai (Tamilnadu - India) had seen a good rain. At the beginning the rain was a really life saver, saving all the people from the hot climate, but then it continued to pour for 3 days, non-stop blessing from the heaven really ruined the liking towards the rain. My place in Velachery - Madipakkam is a low lying area and so there was water stagnation all over,. The local bodies here arranged for boats to move people to safer places because the water level in streets was like 4feet and even more in some places. Water came into many houses even in mine. But my dad is so sentimental, so he didn't want to leave the home alone and also we have 2 dogs in our home, so we cant leave things just like that. We shifted all the valuable things like TV, sofa, and electronics stuffs to the shelves and we were spending time on bed. It was fun watching all the snakes moving here and there in the water, we got used to it, and there is so many snakes (little venomous) in our area, there was even birds from different country chilling out in my place. The most hectic thing was that they didn't provide electricity stating that any electrical accident could happen at this condition. The rain water stayed in my home for a day, and it stays for more than 6 days in streets. Some how after speaking to AE in EB we managed to get power supply after 5 days. Think of it, 5 days without lights, fan, AC, computer, internet, even landlines are dead, you cant charge your mobile phone,... Oh my God. Usually the rainy season makes water to stagnate in my place especially in Madipakkam - Ram nagar, Srinivasa nagar, Velachery - Vijayanagar, but this time it was heavy rain and people were very much upset about all the damage that the rain had caused. I even didn't have batteries for my Digi to take photos, but after two days the water level decreased and then went to shop to buy batteries. The below are the shots that i took which covers the water stagnation area in Madipakkam and in Velachery.



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2 comments:

Kavin said...

it seems that my situation was better than urs... 38 hours without current... roads flooded... unable to go out... but after seeing ur posrt, I feel that I haven't experienced as much as u...

Vijay said...

lol,. no one can beat my experiance :)