Heavy downpour lashes Chennai for 3 hours | Chennai News – Times of India

CHENNAI: Strong spells of rain took the city by surprise for about three hours from 6pm on Wednesday, triggering traffic snarls and road inundations. Between 6pm and 9pm, an average of 10cm rain was received across the city, with Meenambakkam clocking 20cm. The lowest was at Manali, which received about 7.8cm. Even as reports of submerged subways and water-logged roads and residential localities started trickling in, Chief Minister MK Stalin called upon bureaucrats and the elected representatives to visit different localities and take up relief works.HR&CE Minister P K Sekarbabu and Chennai Mayor R Priya stepped out to inspect works. Met department has already issued an orange alert for Chennai city, forecasting heavy to very heavy rain during the coming…