On December 3 and December 4, Chennai City witnessed heavy rainfall and gusty winds affecting normal life of people. Some districts like Kanchipuram received heavy rainfall leading to traffic problems. NDRF team was sent to landfall areas and alerted around Nagapattinam , Thiruvallur, Chengalpattu on the occasion. State government announced public holiday in four districts. Tamil Nadu hardly received any rain during the year but it's only during Diwali festival that the state gets rain showers. The state has drinking water problem for many years and even today people buy water at Rs 10 to 20 per bucket. The corporation does supply tankers but that is not enough to cater the needs of people in and around the dry city. Since Dec 3 night there was no respite from rains leading to flood like situation and disturbing normal life, uprooting trees and roads flooded with water leading to submerged vehicles.The said cyclone is also likely to move towards Andhra Pradesh late evening. The nature has played havoc in state and hope it will subside and give relief to people in due course of time.
