The Chennai rain finally begins; first round of intense rain hits the city – watch visuals – Times Now

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Chennai: Heavy rain lashed different parts of Chennai on Monday as the northeast monsoon officially arrived in Tamil Nadu’s capital city. Pallikaranai, TIDEL, Kotturpuram, Medavakkam, Thiruvottiyur, Thandaiarpet, several parts of north Chennai and many other areas received good spells of rain. However, there was no report of waterlogging or any rain-related issues from the city so far.

As the first round of intense rainfall arrived in the city, several residents took to Twitter to share the visuals of the downpour. Rain was continuing in many parts of the city.

According to weather experts, Chennai will be receiving heavy rainfall with lightning and thunderstorms in the coming week till November 4. On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department announced the official arrival of the northeast monsoon in Tamil Nadu.

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Meanwhile, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Monday issued a hotline 1913 for reporting flood and civic issues during the monsoon. For a fast response, the number of lines of the hotline has been increased from 10 to 50. The control room can also be contacted at 04425619206, 04425619207, and 04425619208.

Ahead of the monsoon, GCC installed several motor pumps in parts of the city to pump water out of the residential areas in case of waterlogging. Civic staff have been deployed on night duty in 114 flood-prone areas across the city. The corporation has also opened a control room has been set up to mitigate challenges regarding flooding.

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