Chennai rains LIVE: Waterlogging, traffic updates from around Chennai, suburbs on 15.10.2024
Metro Rail Safety Advisory:
1. Waterlogging in B-Road, Koyambedu is observed, passengers are requested to access Koyambedu Metro Station through Foot over bridge from Poonamallee High Road, Landmark – Rohini Theatre side.
2. Park side entry escalator is switched off in B1 entrance at Puratchi Thalaivar Dr.M.G.Ramachandran Central Metro Station for safety purposes. Passengers are advised to exercise care while using the staircase at all Metro Stations.
3.Passengers are advised not to halt their vehicles at Koyambedu Metro, St.Thomas Mount and Arumbakkam Metro station and parking lots prone to water stagnation from 15-10-2024 to 17-10-2024 (Dates will be further updated based on the weather condition).
4. In case of any assistance – 1800 425 1515, Women Helpline - 155370
5. Public are urged to utilize Metrorail service for their journey.
In Mogappair West, heavy overnight rains subsided early in the morning, but thunder and lightning started soon afterwards. Except for narrow, mostly interior streets, most of the roads are clear without stagnation as of now.
Shops largely remained shut except for neighbourhood provision stores.
At Pallavaram, Pammal, Anakaputhur and Kundrathur areas in the outskirts, it was drizzling till 10 am, after which heavy rains accompanied by lightning and thunder set in.
At central Chennai, regular morning traffic was missing along the interior roads, as schools and colleges remained closed. The market areas in Choolai, Egmore and Pattalam recorded less footfall, as people stayed put at home. However, supermarkets are doing brisk business.
The roads in and around Corporation headquarters Ripon Building, MGR Chennai Central railway station and Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital were busy as usual, but vehicles were plying at a slower pace.
Residents in Egmore also complained of repeated power cuts since Monday night.
A reader who reached out to DT Next updated that all parallel and link roads to Mount Road are inundated. “Use main roads like Mount Road [Anna Salai] and Cathedral Road to the extent possible,” he said.