Chennai, Oct. 18 -- As extremely heavy rains pounded Chennai, suburbs and North coastal districts, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay on Sunday deputed Ministers to oversee relief works in rain-hit and water stagnated areas and later reviewed arrangements put in placeat the master control room with the officials, even as arrival and departure of more than 20 flights were affected as the showers were accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning.
As the Met office has issued a Red Alert for Chennai, four teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Arakkonam and four companies of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed for rescue and relief works in Chennai.
The Chennai Corporation has deployed more than 15,000 workers to enga...