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Rainwater Recedes but Chennai's IT Corridor Stays Flooded
It hasn't rained in Chennai since yesterday but its Velacherry -- Tambaram highway is flooded. Commuters on this IT corridor - the road gets the name because it has IT offices on both sides - travel through knee-deep waters.
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Swamps for Home with No Electricity or Drinking Water in Flooded Chennai
For the third consecutive day, several low lying pockets of Velacherry in Chennai are without power. The floods in Chennai have turned the office of Pariti Bharati and Akaash Chaturvedi, both techies, into a refuge for their friends and colleagues. Ever since their localities have become swamps with waist-deep water, they don't stay much at home.
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After Heavy Rains, Chennai's Inundated Homes Anger Residents
In south Chennai's low lying densely populated Velacherry area, senior citizen Nagambal's home on the Tansi Street resembles a small pond.
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Fire on a Local Train in Chennai, Passengers Escape Unhurt
Passengers of a Mass Rapid Transit System train bound for Chennai Beach from Velacherry today had a narrow escape after one of the bogies caught fire near the elevated Perungudi station, officials said.
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Mass Rapid Transit System Train Catches Fire; Passengers Escape Unhurt
Passengers of a Mass Rapid Transit System train bound for Chennai Beach from Velacherry today had a narrow escape after one of the bogies caught fire, officials said.
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Two Wheels of a Local Train Derail in Chennai
In a close shave for passengers, two wheels of local train derailed today near the Light House station around noon.
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Chennai Taxi Mows Down Family of Ragpickers, Drunk Driver was on Joyride With Friends
Drink-driving wiped out an entire family in Chennai on Monday. The victims - a man and two women - were ragpickers sleeping on a pavement in the city's Velacherry area, an IT hub. The vehicle was a call taxi contracted by a local call centre. The driver, off duty, had been out on a joy ride with two friends. All three were drunk.
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RAW officer, waiting to get his job back, gives tuitions in Chennai
At his home in a narrow lane in Velacherry in south Chennai, a former intelligence officer is taking tuitions to ensure that his children have food and a roof over their heads.
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Rainwater Recedes but Chennai's IT Corridor Stays Flooded
It hasn't rained in Chennai since yesterday but its Velacherry -- Tambaram highway is flooded. Commuters on this IT corridor - the road gets the name because it has IT offices on both sides - travel through knee-deep waters.
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Swamps for Home with No Electricity or Drinking Water in Flooded Chennai
For the third consecutive day, several low lying pockets of Velacherry in Chennai are without power. The floods in Chennai have turned the office of Pariti Bharati and Akaash Chaturvedi, both techies, into a refuge for their friends and colleagues. Ever since their localities have become swamps with waist-deep water, they don't stay much at home.
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After Heavy Rains, Chennai's Inundated Homes Anger Residents
In south Chennai's low lying densely populated Velacherry area, senior citizen Nagambal's home on the Tansi Street resembles a small pond.
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Fire on a Local Train in Chennai, Passengers Escape Unhurt
Passengers of a Mass Rapid Transit System train bound for Chennai Beach from Velacherry today had a narrow escape after one of the bogies caught fire near the elevated Perungudi station, officials said.
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Mass Rapid Transit System Train Catches Fire; Passengers Escape Unhurt
Passengers of a Mass Rapid Transit System train bound for Chennai Beach from Velacherry today had a narrow escape after one of the bogies caught fire, officials said.
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Two Wheels of a Local Train Derail in Chennai
In a close shave for passengers, two wheels of local train derailed today near the Light House station around noon.
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Chennai Taxi Mows Down Family of Ragpickers, Drunk Driver was on Joyride With Friends
Drink-driving wiped out an entire family in Chennai on Monday. The victims - a man and two women - were ragpickers sleeping on a pavement in the city's Velacherry area, an IT hub. The vehicle was a call taxi contracted by a local call centre. The driver, off duty, had been out on a joy ride with two friends. All three were drunk.
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RAW officer, waiting to get his job back, gives tuitions in Chennai
At his home in a narrow lane in Velacherry in south Chennai, a former intelligence officer is taking tuitions to ensure that his children have food and a roof over their heads.
