ALERT LIFTED BUT RESIDENTS SEE RED AS NORTH GOES SOUTH

DESPITE the heavy rain ceasing over 24 hours ago, northern areas in the city, including Pattalam, Pulianthope, Vyasarpadi, Vadaperumbakkam, and Athipattu Puthunagar, remained severely waterlogged on Wednesday night.

- PRAVEENA SA

TNIE observed that while areas such as Manali and Manali New Town, which usually experience water stagnation, were relatively unaffected, some other parts were found grappling with severe flooding.

Suganthi S (34), a resident of Pattalam, had to leave home on Tuesday with two young daughters after water began seeping into their tin-roofed house. Although the rain stopped a day ago, streets in Kanakaraya Thottam, KM Garden, Choolai, and Anjaneya Kovil Street remained inundated. Suganthi, who works as a house help in an apartment, said she had to wade through knee-deep water to clean the apartment while her own home remained in shambles. She said no food was provided in her area, forcing her to bring food from her workplace for her children. In Pulianthope, the streets of Thattankulam, Munusamy, Rudhrapa, and Iyyavu remain inundated with knee-deep water. The water, which reached waist-level on Tuesday, only partially receded the following day.