Moderate to heavy monsoon rains are likely to continue across chennai as well as coastal tamil nadu due to the low pressure area which lies over the southwest bay of bengal off tamil nadu and sri lanka coast. They affected the coromandel coast region of the south indian states of tamil nadu and andhra pradesh. Ssdi provides innovative marketoriented engineering solutions to various groups of sharp corporation to achieve its vision. The coastal districts of andhra pradesh usually bear the brunt of heavy rains that occur during the northeast monsoon. On the morning of friday the 3 november 2017, the state of chennai, tamil nadu in india, was severely affected by a low pressure area that had formed over sri lanka and south west bay of bengal. Ibm in india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster. Chennai rains and mumbai rains is a not so ordinary tale of two cities with monsoon at the center of it. Tamil nadu police department is proud to bring to people of the state, the kavalan sos app as a part of the tamil nadu state police master control room initiative, which the people of tamil nadu can use to seek police assistance instantly in emergency situations such as physical emergencies, eve teasing, kidnapping or natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes etc who is the kavalan. The 1943 chennai floods occurred during the annual northeast monsoon in madras now chennai in india.
A similar exercise was necessary on the chennai floods of 2015 to ensure that the vast amount of information and data put up on public domain during and immediately after the event was not lost. The deluge comes scarcely two years after the 2015 floods, which first brought national attention to chennai s risk of flooding. Chennai floods devastate indias fourthlargest city. Shocking pictures of chennai floods 2015 indiatimes. Actor vijay has probably done the most generous act of all by deciding to donate rs. And we have discussed in detail about the urban flood management strategies which have been implemented in various developed countries such as uk, malaysia, australia and japan. It is located in meenambakkam and tirusulam, 21 km mi from the city centre. The actor is also helping out in other ways by doing his bit for the food, shelter and rescue help.
Anna universitys l elango ilango said, adding that during heavy rains, the runoff into the ocean would be greater, if storage capacity of the. Nvivo version 11 qsr international pty ltd, 2015 qualitative data analysis software. Chennai continues to reel under rainfueled flood conditions due to the northeast monsoon roads were flooded, thousands displaced, rainfall records were shattered, and the plight of these two cities resonated across the. I lost everything in chennai floods but left me with gratitude. Ramesh says that he was optimistic others would join in to help.
The rotary club of madras has built a higher secondary school for children in families that were relocated to perumbakkam tenements after the 2015 chennai floods. Dec 20, 2015 chennai s encroachments on water bodies caused floods on the fifth day, large swathes of chennai went underwater for over 24 hrs, as adyar river swelled, washing away homes of those living near its banks. Ssdi provides innovative marketoriented engineering solutions to various groups of sharp corporation to achieve its vision and road maps. The ndrf is rushing about 600 personnel and over 40 inflatable boats to be. Essay on chennai flash floods india disaster management. India bolsters chennai flood relief, residents criticise slow response. Though we cant change the plan of the city, here are some ways in which we can make the city ready for any eventuality due to incessant rain. They led a simple life just like anybody else until the rain gods lashed their fury on chennai in december. While mumbai was pounded with heavy rains during southwest monsoon. It had started raining slightly on the previous evening. In india, ibm teams respond in flooding disaster ibm. The chennai floods were a very sad situation and i could not help myself assisting them in their time of need. Unit 05, level 03, innovator, international tech park.
A branchandbound algorithm is designed to obtain the vehicle routes among target locations such that the total traveling time is minimized. Local officials described the flooding in chennai, a coastal city, capital and metro. Now, in response to a severe water crisis that has the city and its. What is cause of the recent flood in chennai, india. It firms hcl, tcs, wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodation tamil nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state will see no respite from the downpours for the next three days. Shocking pictures of chennai floods 2015 the situation in chennai is grim and the road traffic has been severely hit as heavy rains have lashed chennai. Sla institute, the leading software training institute in chennai is to begin your it career in top mncs with our excellent handson practice sessions, comprehensive course material, and experienced mentors all at an affordable cost. Introducing sharp corporate information, product information, support information etc. The worst rain ijn 100 years has claimed over 300 lives in tamil nadu.
We provide a promising career for the candidates to become software programmer, web developers, system analyst. Following the floods, we traveled from airs office in hyderabad to survey damage in and around chennai, kanchipuram, and thiruvallur. Chennai floods 2015a geographic analysis on december 12, 2015, the indian city of chennai received more rainfall in 24 hours than it had seen on any day since 1901. Floods strike again in tamil nadu chennai airport closed. Chennai in floods in last 2 days pictures welcome to. The recent chennai floods brought to sharp focus the importance of planning for business continuity, irrespective of business size. More rain is on the way to chennai, india, which has already been ravaged by heavy flooding.
Causes of chennai floods table 1 chennai is not an exceptional one from other metros which is suffering due to rapid urbanization. Moreover, insurance claims for damage to property, automobiles and other goods following the devastating floods in tamil nadu could rise to well. The 2015 south indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015. Vomm is an international airport serving the city of chennai, tamil nadu, india and its metropolitan area. The 2005 december chennai stampede incident happened on 18 december 2005 in a school in mgr nagar in chennai, the capital of the south indian state of tamil nadu, where the relief supplies were distributed by the state government for the people affected by severe flooding. It companies bear the brunt te raja simhan chennai updated on january 22, 2018 published on november 26, 2015 a view of the flood. Residents say the city authorities gave no warning that they were going to open overflowing reservoirs into the adyar river, which led to sharp rise. Biggest asian software exporter drops as floods dent. Report of the comptroller and auditor general of india on performance audit of flood management and response in chennai and its suburban areas. Best placement training institute in chennai softlogic offers best training courses with 100 placement assistance in chennai find details about our placement support program and list of students placed in various companies best job placement training in chennai, 100 job placement assistance support provided by softlogic. Heavy rains were experienced by tamilnadu and andhra pradesh states during the second and third week of november 2015 due to the influence of a deep depression over southwest bay of bengal.
I was still trying to get my house back in order since the first wave of floods had hit us the week before. Local officials described the flooding in chennai, a coastal city, capital and metro area with a population of over 8 million people, as the worst in a century. Chennais largest source of drinking water, chembarambakkam lake, is bone dry with parched and cracked bed all over. Delhi news today mumbai rains bangalore rains delhi earthquake chennai rains odisha elections 2019 delhi pollution mumbai floods ap. Postdisaster relief by vehicle route planning and service. Incidentally, chennais monsoons with severe thunderstorms had battered the city, flooding many parts, so we thought of developing an app based on. Starting from 2 days ago till today morning, my sister and brother in law had no clue about what was going beyond their apartment. They affected the coromandel coast region of the south indian states of tamil nadu and andhra pradesh, and the union territory of puducherry, with tamil nadu and the city of chennai particularly hardhit. Chennai, india had experienced recordbreaking rains and flooding since early november. As a case study of chennai floods in 2015, openstreetmap of chennai is processed in qgis software to obtain the target locations in affected regions. Satellite images for monitoring the recent heavy rains in. In response, ibm deployed sahanathe open source software from sahana. Best placement training institute in chennai with 100% job. In a scathing report the comptroller and auditor general of india cag held the state government responsible for the 2015 chennai floods and called it a manmade disaster.
Supply chain perspective article pdf available september 2016 with 16,512 reads how we measure reads. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Rs 300 crore collected for tamil nadu flood relief fund. Chennai is submerged under flood water and people have started sending in pictures of the overflooded places. Top stories gunman kills at least 16 in rural canada. We contribute to global products and local fit versions for india, asia, and other similar markets.
Like new orleans in 2005, chennai has a sharp and growing. Chennai velachery road flooded due to heavy rain boats. With more rains to come in the next few days, the capital of tamil nadu is in the middle of a big disaster that has already claimed more than 250 lives. Dec 03, 2015 flooding in the southern indian state of tamil nadu has killed more than 40 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said thursday, as prime minister narendra modi visited chennai, the countrys. Chennai saw 275 mm of rain fall in 24 hours between 01 and 02 december 2015, according to wmo. There were, of course, hundreds of images, as everyone turned newsmen and captured the agony and pain of hundreds of chennai ties on their mobile phones. Weeks of heavy rain and flooding have knocked out power, suspended public transportation and left people stranded in chennai, india. The deluge followed a month of persistent monsoon rains that were already well above normal for the indian state of tamil nadu. Disaster recovery lessons learnt from chennai floods express. The december floods had a major impact on the areas industrial, commercial, and residential sectors, causing business interruption and damage to infrastructure, automobiles, buildings, and contents.
Sep 20, 2016 ndrf,which already has 10 teams in tn, has been asked to double its strength by evening, reports vijaita singh. The recent images of the flooding in chennai on social media were scary and show us how badly our cities are messed up. It firms hcl, tcs, wipro close offices, arrange employee accommodation. A fter the recent floods, most chennaites have undergone the experience of living in an unplanned city. Beginning on 1 december, the rain intensified again creating more flooding and causing thousands of people to be stranded and trapped. In the aftermath of the floods, apart from direct financial losses amounting to several thousand crores, several businesses are now likely to never reopen due to loss of critical data and being out of business for an extended period of time. Chennai battles flooding after rain, water level rises in parts duration. Nov 16, 2015 jackie cinemas brings this video about velachery areas got flooded in rain. Chennai floods 2015 and possible solutions from developed. Chennai news written by j sam daniel stalin thursday may 30, 2019. Chennais encroachments on water bodies caused floods the. Chennai floods, urban flood management, thames barrier, smart tunnel, retarding basin. Flooded chennai 153 news results chennais largest source of drinking water dries up, residents hit hard. The 2015 south india floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015.
Chennai flooded 281 news results in a scathing report the comptroller and auditor general of india cag held the state government responsible for the 2015 chennai floods and called it a manmade disaster. Urban flood, flood management, flood risk, chennai flood. Nov 25, 2015 after severe spells of rain flooded most of the the city and large parts of the state, chennai and areas surrounding the capital city is slowly getting back to normalcy. A sharp argument erupts between neighbors over whose turn is next. After severe flooding, chennai slowly gets back on its feet. While rain waters did cause flooding, the unexpected and extremely swift water level raise came from the opening of the biggest lake in chennai in the middle of the night. Chennai floods 2015a geographic analysis arcgis for.
Floodwaters have started receding from parts of the southern indian city of chennai madras, hours after it experienced a respite from rain. Flood control india environment portal news, reports. More than 7,000 people have been rescued so far, but many are still stranded, reports say. Chennai floods, urban flood management, thames barrier, smart tunnel, retarding. The city of chennai alone experienced five major floods between 1943 and 2005, with the 1943, 1978 and 2005 floods causing particularly severe damage.
Disaster recovery dr is a part of business continuity planning that deals specifically with restoring it systems, including data, critical software and hardware to run the business. Dec 08, 2015 as chennai tries to put its ordeal with the floods behind it, the country is gradually realising the sheer magnitude of the damage both in human and economic terms. An attacker dressed as a policeman kills at least 16 in. The tamil nadu government confirmed in a statement today that 347 people died in floods in the state since 01 october 2015 and continued into november where 27 people were read full article chennai floods were a manmade disaster. Urban flood management a case study of chennai city.
Software exporters have invoked business continuity plans, which in tech parlance is an intimation to the companys other centres across the country to lend a hand to projects handled from chennai. In the recent decades, indian cities are witnessing devastating floods more often due to heavy rainfall, cyclones, etc. On the morning of friday the 3 november 2017, the state of chennai, tamil nadu in india, was severely affected by a low pressure area that had formed over sri lanka and south west bay of bengal bringing heavy and incessant rain falls to chennai and tamil nadu. Chennai and other parts of rainravaged tamil nadu were left marooned anf flooded with signs of devastation caused by the natures fury. A massive rescue operation is under way to reach stranded people in the flood hit southern indian city of chennai madras. It companies in chennai have long had a policy centred around byod bring your own device such as laptops. Pdf chennai floods 2015 and possible solutions from. These rains caused major loss to crop and infrastructure in cuddalore, kancheepuram, thiruvallur and nagapattinam districts in tamilandu as well as nellore and chittoor districts in andhra pradesh. Sharp electronics corporation sec is a wholly owned u. Moderate lightning strikes are also possible along the tamil nadu coast including chennai. Areas of tamil nadu, including the state capital chennai, are once again fighting floods after a period of heavy rain that began on 30 november 2015.
This has exacerbated the flooding caused by rains since thursday. An estimated 188 people had died, and over 200,000 had been displaced. Floods in chennai are expected to have a material impact on tcs current quarter revenues, the countrys largest software services firm said on friday. The following are the factors1 which hamper the living. This time the floods have ravaged the entire ecosystem of chennai. It is also contributing with the increase in floating population every year as it is a hub of all major economical activities. Best software training institute in chennai with 100%. Actor allu arjun announced his generous donation of rs. A view of a flooded locality following heavy rains in chennai. Dec 07, 2015 a week after heavy rains and flooding brought indias fourthlargest city to a standstill, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands more stranded, authorities said chennai was slowly.
Tamil nadu has seen the heaviest rainfall in more than a century, causing massive flooding and the national weather office says the state will see no respite from the downpours for the next three days. Chennai, the biggest industrial and commercial center in south india. As the city grew, it occupied most of the water bodies. Disaster recovery lessons learnt from chennai floods. Puthiya thalaimurai brings out the exclusive videos that show intensity of rain in chennai. Earlier in the week 3500 were stranded at chennai airport. Our development services include system software, firmware, web applications, mobile applications, and. I am prassana venkatram working as a system analyst for an american software company in chennai. Chennai is struggling with an acute water shortage that experts say is a sign of things to come. Chennai floods 2015a geographic analysis arcgis for developers.
Rain shows no sign of letting up in this deluged city and in several coastal parts of tamil nadu. Waterstarved chennai it corridor turns to byop to tackle. I woke up at 6 am, made breakfast and bid goodbye to my husband who left for office at 7. Contributions to tamil nadu governments flood relief and rehabilitation works crossed rs 300 crore, with several corporates and film industry officials handing over rs 17. They were stranded up in second floor of their appartment with water filling in. Sharp imaging and information company of america markets sharps business products that can boost productivity and reduce costs. I always look for opportunities to help people in need, says parimala, the location management executive for ibm in hyderabad.
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