Chennai Residents rests their Fate in the Hands of Rain Gods
Chennai will soon get drenched as the monsoons are fast approaching. The city has already experienced the south west monsoon and received somewhere around 780mm. This was much higher than what it usually receives. Since the north-east monsoon is fast approaching the Met department is expecting that the City will witness another heavy down pour. Officials have said that since north-east monsoon generally brings heavy rainfall with it and will be much heavier that this time than usual observing at the pattern of there can be south west monsoon.
With the monsoon drawing so close the civic bodies has not taken any steps to deal with the crisis. The city witness various civic problems like floods in the streets and water filling the drains. And the Met department stating that this season it will be heavier than before residents are apprehensive about their fate. As the season starts Chennai experiences somewhere about forty rainy days.
Source: The Times of India
