Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Chennai Airport Flooded, Army Out for Relief as Rains Pound Tamil Nadu

Chennai Airport Flooded, Army Out for Relief as Rains Pound Tamil NaduAt Chennai airport, the runway, taxiway and the adjoining areas have been flooded.
CHENNAI:  Many parts of Chennai and its suburbs are flooded after two days of heavy and continuous rain. Flight operations have been indefinitely suspended at the airport, trains have been cancelled and the army is helping rescue stranded people.
Here are the latest developments:
Around 400 passengers are stranded at the Chennai airport, where water has entered the runway, reaching the under carriage of aircraft. Flights cannot take off till the water level recedes, airport director Deepak Shastri told NDTV. Till 10 pm on Tuesday, nine flights had been cancelled. 13 trains have also been cancelled with water flooding rail tracks.
Two columns or 50 personnel of the Indian Army have been deployed in Chennai suburbs Tambaram and Oorapakkam. The Navy is on stand-by and the National Disaster Rescue Force or NDRF has sent ten teams, of which four are already in Chennai and the rest will fly in tomorrow.
01/12/15 NDTV
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