Chennai Floods: Domestic passenger flights to resume ops from Chennai airport today; city limps back to normalcy

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• 05 Dec 2015, 08:56 PM

  Domestic passenger flights to resume operations from Chennai airport from 6.00 am tomorrow: JP Alex, AAI Executive Director. The decision on night operations will be taken tomorrow

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 08:02 PM

  Rescue operations manages to evacaute 7,000 people using boats.

  Rescue teams have successfully rescued over 7000 stranded people using boats #ChennaiFloods (Source: ADGPI) pic.twitter.com/fo6vkZ0w1R

  — ANI (@ANI_news) December 5, 2015

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 07:56 PM

  PM announces ex-gratia relief from PMNRF of Rs 2 lakhs each for next of kin of those who lost their lives in floods due to heavy rains in TN. An ex-gratia relief of Rs 50,000 has also been sanctioned from PMNRF for those who were seriously injured in the floods.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 06:45 PM

  Chennai train services to be restored by midnight

  @RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu @SRailwayIndia @DrmChennai @SalemDRM @TVC138 @DRMTPJ @maduraidivision @propgt14 pic.twitter.com/7jYheyXtbI

  — @GMSouthernrailway (@GMSRailway) December 5, 2015

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 06:34 PM

  For Central Excise & Service Tax assessees in Tamil Nadu, date for payment of Excise duty and Service Tax for Nov.2015 is extended to Dec.20,2015.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 06:28 PM

  Nearly 400 people, including university students, were taken to safety today by a team of defence and NDRF personnel as operations continued in full swing to rescue and distribute relief to those stranded in the aftermath of the torrential rains in Chennai.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 05:48 PM

   HDFC Bank has deployed POS terminals across the city.People can just swipe their debit or credit cards on the POS and get cash. The cash cap stands at Rs 5,000 per customer

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 05:44 PM

  Army medical teams deployed to help with health problems anticipated with the floods.

  4 medical teams deployed by Army to deal with anticipated flood related medical problems #ChennaiFloods (pic: ADGPI) pic.twitter.com/1MhMQKXVnr

  — ANI (@ANI_news) December 5, 2015

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 05:42 PM

  ATMs down, banks shut; people have little cash, rely on generous shopkeepers. (Full story on the situation Chennaites are dealing with

  here

  )

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 05:34 PM

  AIADMK has refuted the charges that volunteers were forced to add Jayalalithaa stickers on relief supplies. The party said that people have been paid to do such things to defame Jayalalithaa government, reports The Hindu. They said that they have caught people have been playing the 'mischief' to descredit the state government. But it also said that it will take action against partymen harassing volunteers and hindering relief operations. 

  It has asked volunteers to call and register complaint on these numbers: 044-28130787, 044-28132266, 044-28133510

  The complaints can also be sent to the party Twitter handle @aiadmkofficial or can mailed to info@aiadmk.com.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 04:56 PM

  Relief materials allegedly being allowed only after carrying Jayalalithaa stickers  (More about the story

  here

  )

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 04:56 PM

  ICICI Bank to waiver penalty for late EMI, credit card payments for Chennaites (More details here)

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 04:00 PM

  Rajender Kataria, MD of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has said that the Maharashtra state government had requested them to evacuate 150 students stuck in IIT Chennai. "We have arranged three buses for them. Now they are on their way to Bengaluru," he added.
  Kataria said that they have started free bus services between Chennai and Bengaluru that run every 8 hours. Normally, 40 buses operate on this route, which was affected due to the Chennai floods, he told ANI. But now since there is a lot of demand, we have increased the bus services between Chennai and Bengaluru to 55 for relief and rescue operations.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 03:50 PM

  The state-run AAVIN has said milk supply would reach full capacity by tomorrow in Chennai. Lakhs of people dependent on AAVIN were forced to pay exorbitant rates to get milk from various sources as there was shortage of the commodity over the past few days.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 03:40 PM

  Free bus services within Chennai till December 8, announces Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) 

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 03:15 PM

  Singapore to provide $75,000 assistance to flood-hit Chennai.

  Read more here

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 03:05 PM

  Ships loaded with relief and rescue material being offloaded by Indian Navy #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/HX0XM8vjdc

  — ANI (@ANI_news) December 5, 2015

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 02:50 PM

  Anil Saxena, Railway PRO, has said that water has started receding from railway tracks in many places, but the situation is not fully normal.
  "We are running a lot of special trains. Yesterday we ran 22 special trains whereas today we have planned 10 specials," he said. However, around 131 trains have been cancelled today. "From Day 1 to today, there have been around 500 cancellations," Saxena added.

  Read more here

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 02:10 PM

  Though water has begun to recede from many submerged areas, many more still remain flooded, necessitating the rescue teams to continue to work on a war footing. 
  Local volunteers said areas like Alwarpet, Adyar and Mount road had cleared up, while the situation at areas like Besant Nagar and Gopalapuram was fine. However, interior regions still remained waterlogged. 

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 01:45 PM

  Satish Soni, Vice Admiral, Navy said he met the chief secretary and public secretary of Tamil Nadu to discuss the flood situation. "Arakkonam is operating as an aircraft coordination airfield and over 100 flights in and out of Arakkonam have already taken place," he said. "Our helicopters are doing aerial surveys constantly, the 

  helpline number is 25394240

  ," he added. He also said that INS Shakti is loaded with relief material and 700 tonnes of drinking water for displaced people.  

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 01:15 PM

  In its forecast for the next 24 hours, the MeT department has said that rain is likely at many places in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. As far as Chennai city is concerned, it will be cloudy with few spells of rain, they added. One or two places in coastal districts in south India may also receive heavy rainfall, they said. 

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 12:30 PM

  With Chennai airport shut, round trip to Bengaluru crosses Rs 1 lakh.

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• 05 Dec 2015, 11:46 AM

  Shortage of fuel supply in Chennai city and its neighbourhood remains a problem as oil companies suffered from the non-availability of trucks. The state government had said that steps have been taken to mobilise more trucks.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 11:41 AM

  Heavy rains also pounded Puducherry overnight. Official sources said Puducherry and its suburbs recorded 9.1 cm rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 a.m.today. Total rainfall recorded in Puducherry since the beginning of this week has crossed 60 cms.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 11:32 AM

  Aerial survey by Air Force officials in north Chennai #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/Kxygu4vXJL

  — ANI (@ANI_news) December 5, 2015

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 10:05 AM

  Rainfall resumes at Tambaram.

  
• 05 Dec 2015, 10:35 AM

  Commercial flight services likely to begin after December 6, says Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma.

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• 05 Dec 2015, 10:25 AM

  Cricketers R Ashwin, Murali Vijay offer support to Chennai flood victims, promise help.

  Their own families caught in the devastating Chennai floods, Indian cricket team members R Ashwin and Murali Vijay said they have been pained by the loss of life in the disaster and will try to help the affected after the series against South Africa.

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