Chennai floods has crashed not only the houses
but also lives of people
12, December 2015
The rain that started on November that continued
till the month end due to the raise of water in large reservoir, which caused heavy
flooding in major parts of Chennai. The South Cooum River road, Pudupet has been
badly affected and houses was been washed out due to the raise in water in Cooum.
Mrs. Kala who is a resident of that area around 15
years says, this is the third flood that took away their homes. She says the
water level raised suddenly at 2:00am in midnight so they were not able to save
any things and households. Before they could even realize the water rushed into
the hunts so they were able to move only people to safer place.
There are around 600 hunts in the banks of Cooum
which has been badly affected due to this flooding. They say no prior
information was given by the government or by the area counselor to move out or
find a safe shelter. If they had been informed they would have atleast saved their
belongings says Mrs.Fathima who lives there around 6 years.
When flood came in her husband who is a physically
challenged was stuck in water and there was nobody even to rescue him says
Fathima. All youngsters residing there helped people vacate from houses and
they have been temporarily made to stay in a Stadium backside to police
quarters. Food was provide for first three days from Dec 1 by government but
after that nobody even visited them says, Kala.
So far no rehabilitation work has been done by the government
or by the area counselor who refused to even meet them says another resident. There
are kids, elderly people who are suffering without food, no proper cloths and
even shelter.
The government has not taken any efforts to even
help people clean their houses which if filled with muddy water and insects. The
drainage water has entered in all most all huts bringing in snakes and other
small reptiles. So they are not able to stay there after dusk and prefer to
stay in stadium at night times.
“The day-to-day work has been badly affected and
even school children are not able to go because they don’t have uniform” says a
mother carrying her 7 year old daughter in hand. “I don’t know what to do for
earning even my shop has been washed away” says Kala who owns an idly shop on
road side.
They all wanted government to help them move out of
that place to nearby area which could be help full for them where all facilities
provided like school and hospitals.
South Cooum Main road
Damaged hunts on banks of Cooum
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