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- The Greater Chennai Corporation identified 219 vulnerable locations including low-lying areas and major road corridors ahead of the Northeast monsoon.
- Authorities are conducting desilting operations on key rivers and canals to improve drainage capacity and manage high water flows.
- Workers are utilizing 1,320 motor pumps and 72 rescue boats to bolster emergency response readiness.
- These proactive measures aim to mitigate flooding risks across the city.
What to watch next
- Progress of the remaining 52% of Water Resources Department projects
- Effectiveness of the new staggered pumping protocols at large campuses and metro stations
- Operational status of the online volunteer registration system during monsoon events
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G.S. Sameeran
Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner
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“We inspected the desilting works being undertaken at the Adyar estuary. This is a dynamic estuary. Every day, erosion takes place on one side. In the case of the Adyar, although it is 17.7 km long within the Chennai Corporation area, it is a large river of about 42 km in total. Water flows into it from several catchment areas”
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…monitored and follow-up action be taken, he said. Based on this, the Water Resources Department has taken up 200 projects at an estimated cost of ₹42 crore, of which nearly 48% of the works have been completed. “ We inspected the desilting works being undertaken at the Adyar estuary. This is a dynamic estuary. Every day, erosion takes place on one side. In the case of the Adyar, although it is 17.7 km long within the Chennai Corporation area, it is a large river of about 42 km in total. Water flows into it from several catchment areas ,” he said at the press meet on Wednesday, when the Commissioner inspected the precautionary measures undertaken at the Adyar estuary ahead of the Northeast monsoon. “At Tiruneermalai, water from the Chembarambakkam…
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