Residents complained on Twitter about stagnant rain water in many streets and localities across the city, despite a let-up in rains since Friday night. Meanwhile, some parts of Chennai complained of waterlogging on Saturday, two days after swift, heavy rains pounded the city on Thursday night and dispersed, moderate rains on Friday. “In this regard, I request the Government of India to do the needful to enhance the capacity of IMC, Chennai to enable it to make predictions of high alert situations earlier and notify the same to the State Government well in time,” he said.
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Noting that this necessitated additional investments in advanced weather prediction mechanism and technology upgrade in the IMC. “This results in total disruption of normal life, movement of health care support systems and also causing loss of lives and damages to critical infrastructure,” he added. He also said that the shortcoming of the IMC’s capability to provide accurate information was hindering the state’s efforts towards the timely mobilisation of the emergency management system. “We have, however, noted that IMC is unable to predict red alert situation sufficiently in advance giving hardly any time,” he said.Īlso read | Record rain batters Chennai, more predicted for four districts in Tamil Nadu
In his letter to Union home minister Amit Shah, Stalin said that the alerts from the IMC in Chennai were used by the state government in preparing for disaster situations. Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai and nearby areas witnessed heavy rainfall on the last two days of 2021. “I request the Government of India to do the needful to enhance the capacity of IMC, Chennai to enable it to make predictions of high alert situations earlier and notify the same to the state government well in time.” The letter was sent after intense rains in the state on December 30 and 31. He also called for additional investments in advanced weather prediction mechanism. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin sent a letter to Uniojn home ministry, highlighting the shortcomings in forecasts made by India Meteorological Department (IMD).
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