Pdf floods in chennai and kanchipuram districts of tamil. Never one for flashy sights, chennai keeps many of its riches in its kitchens, and the city is rightly famous for its elaborate, spicy cuisine. Chennai floods 2015a geographic analysis arcgis for developers. At this point, it is difficult to estimate the psychological and mental health fallout from chennai flood but the level of destruction suggests that direct and indirect effects will be felt. This includes the fiery atho fried noodles tossed with cabbage, onion and tamarind juice. Over 250 people are feared dead, with many more made homeless. They affected the coromandel coast region of the south indian states of tamil nadu and andhra pradesh. Chennai floods 2015 and possible solutions from developed. Lying on the bay of bengal coast, chennai is prone to violent storms and thundershowers during the northeast monsoon septembernovember.
Dealersinchennaicoimbatore8919190 racecourses removers antithesis. Chennai culture is firmly entrenched in traditions and customs. Located on the coromandel coast off the bay of bengal, it is the biggest cultural. Introduction chennai city, the fourth largest metropolitan city of the country, finds 157th. The entire area of the district has been classified as urban. It is one of the metropolis of india and serves as the gateway of the culture of south india. But wave upon wave of humanity kept our spirits high and our belief in the indian people afloat. Normal life has been crippled in chennai as incessant rain continues to pound the capital city of tamil nadu. Dec 03, 2015 more heavy rainfall is forecast for chennai, where massive floods this week have inundated multilane highways, an airport runway, streets and homes. Oct 25, 2017 when chennai flooded in end2015, newly developed areas such as velachery flooded more than older parts of the city such as mylapore. Chennai, india has been experiencing recordbreaking rains and flooding since early november. People need immediately food, water, shelter and hygiene items.
November december 2015, chennai was brought down to its knees by the downpour of rain. After chennai floods, a rude shock awaited these exservicemen. Seattle tamil sangam is reaching to you and your organization for support and help to raise as much as donation for the flood disaster situation at chennai, cuddalore, pondy and near by areas. The flooding in chennai was worsened by years of illegal development and inadequate levels of flood preparedness. Urban flood, flood management, flood risk, chennai flood. That was natural, since velachery is among the localities that. The result has been widespread flooding with many parts of the conurbation under water. The different types of dosas available in chennai can probably fill all the items on the menu.
Chennai floods 2015 and possible solutions from developed countries saravanan j1, naveen chander k2 1assistant professor, civil engineering, renganayagi varatharaj college of engineering, sivakasi, tamilnadu, india 2post graduate in environmental engineering, bim modeler, sycone cpmc pvt. Chennai floods of december, 2015 are a classic example of u rban flooding and the unprecedented flood situation witnessed by the city has again reignited the problem of urban flooding not only in india but globally. Unplanned development in chennai causes floods helplessness was writ large on the faces of civic authorities, the police and politicians alike, as rain of over 1,000 mm pummelled chennai mercilessly in two weeks. Chennai has the largest resource pool in the form of graduating students suitable for this sector since 2000, old mahapalipuram road omr is also known as the it corridor of chennai. Taramani, the information technology hub of chennai, north chennai, cholavaram and thamaraipakkam both in tiruvallur district, and madurantakam received. Foreign contributions by nris or foreign entities to tamil nadu chief ministers public relief fund cmprf is exempted under section 50 of the foreign contribution regulation act 2010 communicated vide ministry of home affairs, government of india order no. Last month saw chennais wettest november in a century. Second wave of catastrophic flooding in chennai tamil nadu. Sekar, is professor and head of department of planning, school of architecture and planning, anna university, chennai. Chennai measured more than a foot of rain 306 mm in the 48 hours ending monday. The 2015 south india floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015. Chennai also known as madras is the capital of the indian state of tamil nadu. Chennai airport, and 34 cm in mamallapuram, poonamallee, red hills and chennai city.
Stuffed with potatoes, fried onions and spices, the. The lakes were eventually being piled up and massive construction took place on these sites. With its sweltering southern heat, roaring traffic and lack of outstanding. 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. All train, flight services from and to chennai have been suspended. In chennai floods, middle class among the hardest hit. Find here handloom fabrics suppliers, manufacturers, wholesalers, traders with handloom fabrics prices for buying. It has been a year since the chennai deluge took place.
Dec 30, 2015 on december 12 floodravaged chennai received more rainfall in 24 hours than it had seen on any day since 1901 nasa. Residents were reeling under flooding rains and were praying for the deluge to come to an end. The current study approaches a broad view of consistent low pressure zone induced floods in parts of chennai and kanchipuram districts during november 2015 monsoon season. There is a greater incidence of water borne diseases.
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. New generation workplaces c h e n n a i write to us at. India, the second most populous country in the world, culturally and linguistically diverse with over 1,000 languages is both incredible and intriguing on paper. Why chennais velachery floods more but recovers faster than. The chennai metropolitan area cma comprises the city of chennai, 16 municipalities, 20 town panchayats local governing bodies and 214 village panchayats. A new therapy system named suprayoga was brought to the fore by nimaya robotics to help and assist kids with asd or autism spectrum disorder issue. Chennai a snooze alarm disasters like the chennai floods leading to loss of life and property could repeat itself if we do not wake up to our current needs of urban planning, which play a. Chennai with the fast pace of developments has witnessed a steady deterioration and decrease in the number of water bodies.
Velachery is more than 5500 hectares and it is completely on lake only. Two years since the floods in chennai in december 2015, we look back on some iconic images by our photographers chronicling the devastation that took place in the city. Chennai, originally known as madras patnam, was located in the province of tondaimandalam, an area lying between pennar river of nellore and the pennar river of cuddalore. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and multicriteria technique. Concepts its from the associated document, strategic flood management. Chennais burmese connection a large number of tamils left burma in the early 1960s, is most evident in north chennai where quite a few holeinthewall establishments theres even one that calls itself atho shop serve delicious burmese street food. Floods in chennai in 2015 a documentation of urban flood management and disaster preparedness for lessons for urban governance citizen consumer and civic action group cag this report provides a summary of the research and documentation efforts undertaken by cag as part of the way forward chennai initiative and was supported by a grant. Roads turned into rivers and thousands were trapped in the dark. Japaneselanguage proficiency test jlpt chennai, india. List of small and medium enterprises sme in chennai. I woke up at 6 am, made breakfast and bid goodbye to my husband who left for office at 7. The chennai metropolitan region cma, with an area of 1,189 sq kms and a population of 8,653,521, is the fourthlargest populated city in india.
Tamil nadu slum clearance board 1972 report after the first year. Chennai is the 4th in highest number of higher education institutes. Handloom fabrics in chennai, tamil nadu get latest price. In chennai, each of its lakes has a natural flood discharge channel which drains the spill over. The 2015 south indian floods resulted from heavy rainfall generated by the annual northeast monsoon in novemberdecember 2015. What is cause of the recent flood in chennai, india. Terrain guide of chennai city rainwater harvesting. Chennai for foodies a lonely planet guide to south india. Chennai is situated on the northeast end of tamil nadu on the coast of bay of bengal. 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. Chennai, state capital of tamil nadu lies in the eastern coast of south india where three watercourses meanders through it namely, cooum river, adyar river. Before and after satellite imagery of the historic flooding.
Around 2000 km of micro drains flush stormwater out in. Chennai has more than 600 lakes but now the number has fell down to 10. Chennai floods was the largest rescue operation ever by ndrf. Business continuity may be an infosec professionals domain of expertise but it was the need of the hour in chennai.
Accordingly, this case study is the first attempt to put lights on the impact of the severe flood that happened in 2015 december at chennai from the supply chain perspective. Taramani, the information technology hub of chennai, north chennai, cholavaram and thamaraipakkam both in tiruvallur district, and madurantakam received between 28 cm and 30 cm frontline, 2015a. If you have time to explore chennai formerly madras, this 400sqkm conglomerate of urban villages and diverse neighbourhoods making up tamil nadus capital will pleasantly surprise you. You will find todays chennai is a kaleidoscope of traditional. Chennai is located at on the southeast coast of india and in the northeast corner of tamilit is located on a flat coastal plain known as the eastern coastal plains.
My fellow students, all indian seemed lithe, flexible and. Study and analysis of chennai flood 2015 using gis and. Muthusamy seenirajan1, muthusamy natarajan2, ramasamy thangaraj3, murugesan bagyaraj4 1civil engineering, excel en gineering college, namakkal, india 2civil engineering, karpagam university, coimbatore, india. For many residents of floodravaged chennai like venkatesh bethi, the clothes they are wearing are all they have left. Urban flood management a case study of chennai city. Government of tamil nadu contribution to chief ministers. On this day, last year, the roads of chennai were submerged in water. 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. Anticipated flood discharge presnet capacity in cs flood discharge in 2005 in cs. Unplanned development in chennai causes floods the. A snapshot of the chennai crowdsourced flood map technology startups are also doing their bit by providing taxis that act as ambulances, free food deliveries, home and shelter listings, boat. Nov 17, 2015 men carry an elderly woman on a chair wading their way through a flooded street in chennai, nov. In spite of being the capital of a tamil speaking state, it has emerged as a cosmopolitan city playing an important role in the historical, cultural and intellectual development of india, representing. Feb 26, 2016 cnnits been a little more than two months since heavy rains flooded the southern indian city of chennai.
It is at one end of the important, 350 km bangalorechennai industrial corridor project. Jul 06, 2016 as it was a chennai group, so i suggested them a topic tapping social media exchanges on twitter. 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. Chennais drainage systemboth natural and manmadeis unparalleled. Chennai in tamil nadu introduction to chennai madras.
We only consider the immediate threat of these disasters washing people away as the source of trauma. An analysis of growth dynamics in chennai metropolitan area. With streetside sizzling, hotplate griddling, frenzied lunchtime messes canteens, and a skyrocketing finedining scene, chennai the increasingly cosmopolitan capital of tamil nadu continues to stake its claim as the capital of south. Dec 04, 2015 chennai and other parts of rainravaged tamil nadu were left marooned anf flooded with signs of devastation caused by the natures fury. Its older name madras was officially changed to chennai in 1996. A cse study finds that chennai had over 600 lakes in the 1980s, but a master plan published in 2008 showed only a fraction of them to be in a healthy condition. With estimates of damages and losses ranging from nearly. Beginning on 1 december, the rain intensified again creating. Chennai district government of tamil nadu gateway of. Chennai floods turn one, the december chennaites will. After the worst disaster in as long as many can remember, residents of a colony of exservicemen in south chennai say they have had to face yet another scarring ordeal. Agence francepressegetty images a man rides his motorbike through a flooded street in chennai. By way of introduction to the chennai flood management plan, we think this image gives a great overview of what we are trying to achieve. Chennai flooods news latest news on chennai flooods.
Rahman or arr would join hands with some international composers and launch an anthem for hands around the world project on the issues like global warming and climate change etc. Op singh, dg urban flooding also has greater fallout in terms of sanitation and hygiene challenges. Mar 22, 2016 continuing rains led to lowlying parts of chennai becoming inundated by november, resulting in the evacuation of over people from their homes. Chain sys india pvt ltd, chennai, tamil nadu, chennai, tamil nadu changepond technologies pvt ltd, chennai, tamil nadu, chennai, tamil nadu chennai care services p.
Its role is as keeper of south indian artistic, religious and culinary traditions. In the recent decades, indian cities are witnessing devastating floods more often due to heavy rainfall, cyclones, etc. Chennai floods a lesson in technology evolution digit. It lies between 12 9 and 9 of the northern latitude and 80 12 and 80 19 of the southern longitude. The people of chennai responded admirably to the climate crisis unleashed by unprecedented rains in novemberdecember 2015, but the city is yet to build upon the lessons it learnt during the. Floods in chennai are expected to have a material impact on tcs current quarter revenues, the countrys largest software services firm said on friday. Dec 07, 2015 the chennai floods making chennai singapore in the unaesthetic sense that it becomes an island cutoff from the rest of india signals for more engineering and moral lessons to be learnt, not only by the people of tamil nadu but also by all indians. Dec 31, 2015 chennai floods was the largest rescue operation ever by ndrf. The city has an average elevation of 6 metres 20 ft, its highest point being 60 m 200 ft. Velachery which is one of the most important places in chennai is developed on wet soil.
History of historical building and monuments in and around chennai. Urban flood, flood management, floo d risk, chennai flood. Chennai flood happened due to a complete lack of urban. This city, located in north eastern part of tamil nadu is a flat plain bounded on the east by bay of bengal and on the remaining three sides by chengalpattu and thiruvallur districts. Chennai flood 2015, the disaster, the challenges and the. Chennai, the capital city of tamil nadu, is located in the northea stern corner of tamilnadu. However, development over many of these water bodies has blocked the smooth flow of water. As you all know every building has its own history and like wise the public buildings built by the british in chennai city has. A fter chennais recent catastrophic floods, the one question that looms large is could proper urban planning have prevented such a disaster. The deluge followed a month of persistent monsoon rains that were already well above normal for the indian state of tamil nadu. In october 1943, there were continuous rains lasting over six days. Three rivers flow through the citythe kosasthalaiyar to the north, the cooum cutting right through the centre and the adyar to the south. This has exacerbated the flooding caused by rains since thursday.
Over 270 lives have lost till now in the flash floods. Coping with this new type of natural disaster required a bcp business continuity plans for most organizations in chennai. Eshwar anand assistant professor,symbiosis institute of media and communication, pune professor,symbiosis institute of media and communication, pune abstract dark clouds of climate change hovered over south india in the months of november and december of. Shifting approaches to slums in chennai university of twente. The venkatesh family was hit by floods twice in two weeks. Nothing to do button dynamic web resources widgets, gadgets. Check out for the latest news on chennai flooods along with chennai flooods live news at times of india. A casestudy of the 2015 chennai floods with which they can relate well as it was more aligned to recent floods in chennai.
Integrated storm water drainage project for the expanded. My first brush came not through visiting but through learning indian classical dance in malaysia when i was just six years old. Chennai madras travel tamil nadu, india lonely planet. Chennai had been catastrophically affected by riverine flood and failure of the drainage systems during 1943, 1976, 1985, 1996, 1998, 2005 and 2010 due to heavy rainfall associated with depression. I lost everything in chennai floods but left me with gratitude. Deadly floods hit chennai, india the weather channel.