Chennai: Heavy rains are likely to continue in Tamil Nadu and Kerala for the next 48 hours. Chennai has already recorded 101 mm rainfall since Tuesday. NDRF teams have been put on standby.
Many areas of Chennai are waterlogged bringing back the memories of the floods that hit Tamil Nadu nearly 5 months back.
The Met department has asked people to stay indoors. The Kanchipuram District Collector has also directed fishermen not to venture out into the sea. All District Collectors have been advised to take precautionary measures and senior civil servants asked to visit those districts which are expected to receive heavy rainfall.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has set up a call centre to address rain-related grievances.
"For all kinds of rain related grievances, the Control Room No 1070 may be contacted," an official release from the Commissioner of Revenue Administration said.
Chennai is experiencing the heaviest rainfall in May in the last five years, and the heaviest since the 2015 floods.
Rains had also affected the voter turnout during the Assembly elections on Monday in some places in Chennai and South Tamil Nadu.
Kerala, too, is witnessing heavy rains with Ernakulam and some southern districts of the state receiving the maximum downpour.
According to the Met Department the rains are due to a low pressure formed in the Bay of Bengal.
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