Why in news?
The Meteorological department has forecasted more rainfall due to a low pressure area persisting in the Bay of Bengal.
What is the status of rain in Tamilnadu?
- The MeT department saidlow pressure area over south west Bay of Bengal, adjoining Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu coast.
- The associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 3.1 km above mean sea level continued to persist and are likely to bring more rains.
- Rains continued to lash Chennai and neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur besides other regions of Tamil Nadu.
- The fury continued in Chennai and other coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, with the metropolis gauging 93% more showers than normal for the October one to November 4 period.
What are the impacts of the rains so far?
- Eight persons have died so far since the onset of the northeast monsoon in the state.
- Schools and colleges, closed since October 31, were shut on Saturday as well and several university exams were postponed.
- Power supply was suspended in inundated areas of North Chennai and pockets of South Chennai.
- Commuters had a harrowing time due to delayed services of buses and trains and severe traffic snarls.
- Showers caused track “circuit based signalling to fail” due to water logging in Chennai Division, “affecting punctuality” between few stations in the southern sector.
- Wherever automatic signalling got affected, trains got slightly delayed since they had to be dealt with manual signals instead of automatic signals.
- There were also some power tripping issues in railway routes, including the northern suburban stations.
Source: The Hindu
