Chennai receives rainfall but no respite from water crisis yet

Chennai | Monday | 19th August, 2019

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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Chennai continued to receive rainfall on Sunday after light to moderate showers on Saturday. This took the Southwest monsoon rainfall that the city received from June 1 until Sunday, to 301.90 mm. While corporation officials said they have received no complaints of water stagnation through the 1913 helpline, residents said water had stagnated in some parts of the city. In North Chennai, water stagnation was seen in the Clive battery area in the route which commuters take to go from Harbour bridge to the beach station. Interior roads in Velachery had water stagnation..