Chennai Live: Chennail Aerodome Partially Functional

Stay updated with all the latest happenings on the Chennai floods.

The South Central Railway (SCR) is running special trains from Hyderabad and Kakinada Port to Chennai for the benefit of passengers stranded in the rain-ravaged Tamil Nadu capital.

These trains are: Tirupati-Chennai Central Saptagiri Express, Tirupati-Chennai Central Express and Vijayawada-Chennai Central Janshatabdi Express (all three in both directions). Meanwhile, the SCR today cancelled half a dozen trains (Up and Down directions) due to submergence of Railway bridges on the Chennai–Gudur section.

All banks in flood affected areas in Tamil Naidu will remain open on Sunday and will also offer extended business hours, says Finance Ministry – ANI

Centre Sends 17 Tonnes of Snacks, 5,000 Litres Milk to TN

• The Centre dispatched 17 tonnes of snacks, including noodles and biscuits, 5,000 litres of milk and 1 lakh bottles of drinking water as essential relief items.
  
• The decision was taken during a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), chaired by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha.
  
• It was also decided to send 5 more columns of the army in addition to the 9 existing units in the state. A column of the army has about 75 troops.
  

Water Has Started to Recede

Things are normalising, water has started to recede: AAI Chairman, RK Srivastava #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/fW9fs696SE

— ANI (@ANI_news) December 4, 2015