Heavy rains lash Chennai leaving large parts of city submerged and everyday life severely impacted

[caption id=“attachment_4191069” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Torrential overnight rains brought Chennai and neighbouring districts of Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur to a grinding halt on Friday, paralysing normal life. Twitter/@mshekdar[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4191073” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Schools and colleges, which have been closed since 31 October due to the rains, have been shut on Friday as well in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4191075” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] The mild, intermittent showers from Thursday became moderate and then heavy in some pockets overnight, inundating several other neighbourhoods including West Mambalam and the Guindy Industrial Estate. As a result, bus, taxi, auto-rickshaws and suburban train services were affected. PTI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4191077” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Chennai’s Nungambakkam locality registered 18 cm of rain, while Meenambakkam to the south recorded 14 cm, according to the Met department. PTI[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_4191079” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Areas like Vyasarpadi and Otteri in north Chennai, parts of West Anna Nagar in central Chennai and Madipakkam in south Chennai are all facing heavy water-logging. PTI[/caption]