The document summarizes the impacts of heavy rains in Chennai, India in 2015. Key impacts included schools being closed for 19 days, disrupted normal life, increased costs of essential goods, widespread water logging and drainage issues. Many people lost their homes in low-lying areas or had to evacuate to relief camps. Emergency responders and volunteers worked to rescue stranded people, provide medical assistance, and distribute relief supplies, while extensive damage occurred across the city.

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2. Officers Met to strategise
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3. CM visited personally to the affected areas
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4. Homes built in low areas were lost
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5. When the relief committee from the Central Govt
visited the affected people
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6. Medical camps
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7. People were rescued
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8. School kids went through medical check-ups
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9. When the subways were full
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10. Relief teams of volunteers
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11. Boats on the road
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12. TV guys were busy reporting
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13. Traffic jams everywhere
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14. Water water everywhere
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15. Outside Chennai in Temples
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16. People were moved literally
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17. Ponds in City Temples
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18. In relief camps
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19. Left homes to stay elsewhere
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20. Lakes opened in many places around Chennai
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21. Adyar river on flood alert
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22. Coovum River flowing full
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23. Rainfall - Treefall
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25. Direct Impact of the heavy rains in Chennai 2015
 Schools were closed for nearly 19 days
 Normal life affected
 Patients, Old People were much affected
 Office goers could not return home on time
 No productivity in offices
 Street Vendors and small business people affected
 Vegetable and other essential products were costly
 Water logging everywhere
 Drainage got mixed with the normal water
 Blame games in television channels/more debates only
 Roads were very bad
 Many people lost their lives
 Lots of people fell sick
 Drinking water became scarce
 Lakes were let open in and around Chennai
 Flood alert came as a shock to Chennai People in Low areas
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26. Alarming situation – people were scared of
 Perambur, Velachery, Perumbakkam, Perambur, Ambattur,
Korattur, Villivakkam, Perangalathur, Mudichur, Triplicane,
Saidapet, Jaffrakhanpet, Ponneri, Madhavaram, Thodairpet,
Ennore were danger areas.
 Aranganathan subway, Duraisamy subway, Alandur subway,
Chetpet subway were easily full
 Many lost their essential items at home
 Many children lost their books and note books
 Public transport came to rescue in many places
 Essential services worked very hard
 Electricity was cut in many places for over 48 hours
 IT companies shifted their employees to other locations
 Public became the local journalists
 Lots of young volunteers worked as saviours
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