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“Illam Thedi Vellam”: Dravidian Model Exposed As OMR Gets Inundated Severely

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Weathermen, freelance bloggers, and the IMD have been warning of heavy rains in Chennai for quite some time. And yet, Dravidian model of governance did not seem to pay heed to this warning.

The city of Chennai saw heavy rains from late evening on 14 October 2024. The rains are continuing to pour all over the city at the time of publishing this article. Weather experts predicted a low pressure as it is NEM season (North East Monsoon) with rains expected to continue pouring till 17/18 October 2024.

As a precaution, people living in the low-lying areas of Velachery, Pallikaranai (taking lessons from 2023 floods) parked their vehicles (cars mostly) before the rains began.

Let’s take a look at the inundation that has started in various parts of the city. It is ironic that the flooding is just after a few hours of rain.

OMR seemed to be the worst affected with nearly knee/hip deep water on the roads. Here are some videos circulating on social media.

Kotivakkam near Thiruvanmiyur also saw flooding to a large extent.

A refrigerator was seen floating over the flood waters near Kandanchavadi in Perungudi near OMR.

These were the scenes from Navalur in OMR after the spell of rains on the night of 14 October 2024.

In this video report by Thanthi TV, several residents and people travelling that side stated that it had always been like this since 2015 in OMR. One commuter seen driving a bike is seen complaining about the administration. Some IT employees who were given WFH were asked to go to their office following a power cut at home. They were seen stranded on the roads. It is reported that nearly 100 vehicles on the road in OMR had switched off and had to be pushed by the commuters themselves. Commuters are seen pushing their two wheelers also in the hip-deep water. An auto driver stated that despite having a demand from customers, he was unable to drive as he risked the vehicle switching off because of the rising water level. He said, “Had they taken some precautions to ensure the water did not stagnate, this wouldn’t have been so bad.”

It is noteworthy that lot of metro construction work is also taking place.

ANother commuter stated that the entire stretch from Taramani had been inundated by the flood

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