More Rains in Chennai

Chennai received 20cms of rain yesterday. This year the gods have been showering the water thirsty metro with copious amounts of rain. Already the city has received excess rainfall for the monsoon season, but it seems that the current rainy spell will continue for another day or two.

The rains have flooded roads and low-lying areas. People from low-lying areas are being shifted to safer areas. The authorities are trying their best to cope up with the nature’s fury. Traffic around the city is moving at a snails pace, and people are suffering a lot of hardship to make it to their offices, but looks like nobody is complaining.

The water authority in Chennai has released reports that the residents of Chennai would be getting corporation water daily for another year, before the reservoirs run dry. This is good news, since getting corporation water for a whole year, everyday, is something unheard of in Chennai. Such a release from the water authority is coming after a gap of 7 years.

With more rains predicted in the next month, looks like more good news for the water scarce metro.

Other than the rains, my life in Chennai is pretty bland. Could not give my bike for service, due to the rains, so I am continuing my acrobatics on roads.

On Saturday, I had non-veg from a hotel and that resulted in another bout of food poisoning. I was down with fever yesterday, my roommate Gokul had a tough time getting food for me due to the rains.