Pumps do the job, but parts of North Chennai still flooded

Many localities in Perambur, MKB Nagar and Vyasarpadi remain inundated, with water entering houses in Sathyamoorthy Nagar and Ponnappan Street

- PRAVEENA SA & SINDUJA JANE

WITH the city recording an average of 15.75 cm of rainfall in the 36-hour period from Monday morning till Tuesday evening, mainly concentrated in its northern parts, inundation persisted in many vulnerable areas in northern Chennai even as most parts saw a decline in water stagnation, mainly due to the deployment of high-capacity pumps by Greater Chennai Corporation.

The Ganesapuram subway in Vyasarpadi, which had become inaccessible since Monday due to inundation continued to remain so as of Tuesday evening even as rains subsided significantly during the day.

Many localities in Perambur, MKB Nagar and Vyasarpadi also remained waterlogged with water even entering houses in Sathyamoorthy Nagar and Ponnappan Street. The inundation continued despite full-fledged operation of several high-capacity pumps to evacuate the water, exposing inadequacies in sustainable, long-term solutions in these areas that get affected every year.