Residents of the southern Indian city of Chennai battled yet another day of torrential rain and flooding on Dec. 2, facing the worst monsoon that the metropolitan area has seen in 100 years.
Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, recorded over 294 millimeters of rainfall in the last 24 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). That means the rains in Chennai this year have been more than double the average rainfall in previous monsoons, as the Wall Street Journal noted.
The financial loss due to the rain and flooding is estimated to exceed Rs15,000 crore ($2.25 billion). Businesses for several IT companies with local offices in the area—like Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, IBM, and Infosys—are likely to take a hit as some of them have faced flooding at their premises. Although they have asked their employees to operate from home, that may not be an option as power supply in several parts of the city has been stopped.
Automobile manufacturers like Ford, Daimler, and Nissan, which have facilities in and around Chennai, are also likely to be impacted. “Everyone is at home. Yesterday, workers were sent home after a half day, and today (Dec. 2) we are shut. Tomorrow too, probably,” an official at Daimler India told Reuters. More + photos...
Related posts:
- Chennai’s collapse: City caves to high rainfall, make it liveable before plans to...
- Chennai rains: Residents open doors, and hearts, for all...
- Heavy rain torments coastal T.N.,brings life to a halt in Chennai...
- Chennai floods a man-made disaster, say experts...
- Has Chennai become Venice!!!
- Deadly rains wreak havoc in southern India, Sri Lanka...
No comments:
Post a Comment