Chennai:
Many parts of Tamil Nadu including capital Chennai were pounded by heavy rain on Tuesday, disrupting rail, air and road traffic. This is the worst rain that the city has seen in nearly a hundred years, the weather office said. The city is slowly returning to normalcy with airport operations resuming today after 5 days of water-logging.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa urges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately declare "the unprecedented, catastrophic floods as a national calamity".
Rains resume in Chennai after a two-day respite, adding to woes of the people hit by floods and torrential rains for a week.
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Chennai to meet flood affected people.
- Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Puducherry
- I came here to see what has happened with my own eyes.
- It's very important that instead of doing politics at this time, we should make sure people of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu are given relief.
Over 15 lakh people have been rescued, evacuated and accommodated in relief centres, the government said today.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa Announces Relief
- Rs 10,000 for those who lost their huts in Chennai rains.
- The chief minister sanctions 10,000 new dwellings.
Water Recedes, Focus on Rehabilitation of Affected
With water receding in most parts of this rain-battered city and its suburbs, the focus is now on clearing the various areas of the waste and muck left behind along with rehabilitation of affected people.
Altogether five passenger flights, all belonging to Air India, took off from or landed at the Chennai airport till 5 pm on Sunday.
NDTV's Uma Sudhir was at the Chennai airport this morning. From manually issued boarding passes to empty baggage counters, here's look at the airport as it readies for full operations after 4 days.
The Coimbatore District Home Guards today sent 1.5 tonnes of relief materials to Chennai by an IAF aircraft.
In view of difficulties faced by people of flood-hit Chennai, many financial institutions, including DHFL, have decided not to impose any penalty on the city's customers for delay in EMI payments.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi may visit rain-hit Chennai on December 8.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announces Rs 1 crore financial aid for flood victims of Tamil Nadu.
All domestic and international flight operations, both day and night, to resume from Chennai airport tomorrow morning: AAI.
DGCA conducts initial inspection for night operations at Chennai airport, report awaited: Airports Authority of India spokesperson.
IndiGo resumes partial flight operations to Chennai today with one service on Bangalore - Chennai - Mumbai - Delhi sector. IndiGo will operate increased flight schedule from Chennai on December 7, 2015 connecting Chennai with Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Fresh Weather Updates- MET forecasts moderate rains in Chennai today.
- Some places in Chennai may receive high rainfall.
- Coastal Tamil Nadu to receive widespread rains today.
Updates on Flight Operations - Dawn to dusk domestic operations resume at Chennai airport
- Only Air India and Jet resume operations today. Just 4 flights to take off from Chennai today
- International and round the clock operations expected in 2 days
- Radars, navigation equipment damaged in floods
- Airforce radar in place as support equipment
Air India flight takes off from.Chennai airport to port Blair, 150 passengers on board
Just in: Commercial flight operations resume at Chennai airport after four days. Runway opened only for day-time flights
FLASH: Heavy rain resumes in Chennai airport area, reports ANI news agency
Weather Update- Rains in several pockets of Chennai
- MET forecasts moderate rains in Chennai
- Heavy rain forecast for Coastal Tamil Nadu
- Low pressure trough moves between Kanyakumari and Sri Lanka
Latest- Flight services to resume from 10 AM at Chennai airport
- Flight services only during the day
- Night flights unlikely to resume today.
- People taking shelter in auto rickshaws in Aminjikarai area
DGCA clears passenger flights to function at Chennai Airport, but private airlines say they are not ready: ANI
LATEST- Rescue over in many areas, relief is focus
- Fear of water-borne diseases, anger at politicians
- Airport to resume commercial operations today
Domestic passenger flights to resume from Chennai airport from 6am tomorrow, decision on night operations tomorrow, says Airports Authority of India: Press Trust of India
PM Narendra Modi announces ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each for families of people killed in Chennai floods.
Army personnel carrying out relief operations in Velachery, one of the worst flood-hit areas in Chennai. (PTI Photo)
With knee-deep water in many areas, essentials like milk, food and drinking water are in short supply. (Reuters Photo)
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) announces free bus services within Chennai till December 8: ANI
Weather Update- Light rains forecast in Chennai and Coastal Tamil Nadu today
- Trough of Low pressure moving westward from Bay of Bengal towards Arabian sea.
- Chennai receives up to 4.5 cm rain in 12 hours till 8:30 am this morning
- Chennai airport opens for limited flights for relief supplies
- Four relief aircrafts take off from Chennai airport; relief choppoers land too
- Limited commercail flight operations will resume after power supply is restored
- Tamilnadu Electricity authorites: Power supply restored to airport, they have internal issues
Our helicopters are doing aerial surveys constantly, helpline number is 25394240. Arakkonam operating as an aircraft coordination airfield, over 100 flights in & out of Arakkonam have already taken place: ANI
Our helicopters are doing aerial surveys constantly, helpline number is 25394240
Arakkonam operating as an aircraft coordination airfield, over 100 flights in & out of Arakkonam have already taken place
Volunteers look to rescue people stranded in a residential area in Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
- Power supply remains suspended in badly waterlogged area due to safety reasons
- In many area water has entered in power transformers
- Partial restoration of telecommunication and train services,
- Telephone landline services were being restored
- Water levels of Adyar and Cooum rivers are down
AAVIN launches helplines for milk supply in Chennai. People can call on following numbers for milk supply.
98403 87510,
98409 07494,
94439 44908 
Chennai Updates
- Long queues at ATM machines, petrol pumps, power restored in 80 per cent area. Safe drinking water biggest problem
- Connectivity remains a huge challenge with power off and weak mobile signals in most areas
- Many areas are still waterlogged. Velachery, Munipakkam, Thoraipakkam, Tambaram, Sholinganallur all under water
- There is a shortage of around 3 lakh litres of milk as the city requires at least 11.5 lakh litres, say government sources. The arrangements are being made from the neighbouring districts
Flight operations are expected to resume at the Chennai airport today, even as intermittent rain continues to lash Tamil Nadu after a short dry spell.
Around 130 people including over 60 university students and an old French couple were flown to Delhi from Arakonnam Naval Base today after they were taken to safety by a coordinated team of defence and NDRF personnel.
All banks in flood-affected areas in Tamil Naidu will remain open on Sunday and will also offer extended business hours: Finance Ministry.
Chennai rains a "natural disaster of unprecedented scale", says Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
"Flight operations from Chennai airport will resume partially from tomorrow. The flights will operate during the day time," said Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman RK Srivastava.
Over 1.27 lakh people have been evacuated in Chennai, says Tamil Nadu government.
80 per cent of the electricity has been restored in Chennai: Tamil Nadu government.
Tamil Nadu ministers hold press conference for the first time in Chennai, say people's discomfort minimised due to the steps taken by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.
The Kerala Prison Department is planning to send as many as 50,000 'jail-made' chapatis and jam to the stranded people in Chennai.
Teams of doctors and paramedical staff of the centrally administered JIPMER are holding special medical camps in several villages within the limits of flood-hit Tindivanam and Cuddalore districts in Tamil Nadu.
Deployed in rescue and relief operations in flood-hit Chennai, NDRF personnel are using social media and the internet to reach out to those in distress with a desk in New Delhi working 24/7 to ensure that the affected people receive help.
Medical experts ask people to take necessary precautions as chances of an epidemic loom large in Chennai.
