Army, Air Force, Coast Guard Called in to Battle Flood Fury in TN
Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed to rescue stranded citizens in and around Chennai and Kancheepuram.
The Army, Navy and Air Force have been deployed for rescuing stranded citizens in and around Chennai and Kancheepuram district, where torrential rains have left residents marooned, even as rain water inundated a large part of suburban Tambaram locality here.
There have been no fresh rains in the city on Tuesday. Personnel from the Madras 4 Regiment of the Indian Army have been pressed into service at Mudichur in Kancheepuram on the request of the district administration even as Air Force has conducted sorties to rescue citizens, defence officials said.
Surplus water from lakes and tanks at Mudichur entered the suburban Tambaram locality, inundating a large part, they said, adding that personnel from Army and IAF were now assisting the district administration in the rescue efforts.
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