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Chennai, Tamilnadu —India’s fourth-largest city is paralyzed. Flooding from record rainfall—the heaviest in more than a hundred years—has cut off more than 3 million people from basic services for days.

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TN govt refutes ET story on Centre’s report on Chennai floods, says report doesn't exist -

The Chief Secretary of the Tamil Nadu government has released a statement clarifying that “the report filed by the correspondent of Economic Times dated 2.2.2016 is totally baseless and false.”

The report, titled “Tamil Nadu response to flood was slow, says central report” had stated that an ‘analysis’ by the Union Ministry of Earth Science had revealed that flooding in Chennai was caused by "poor drainage systems and overflow of dam water, not only because of excessive rains."

- See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/tn-govt-refutes-et-story-centre%E2%80%99s-report-chennai-floods-says-report-doesnt-exist-38552#sthash.cCWS6l11.dpuf

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Chennai, Tamilnadu —India’s fourth-largest city is paralyzed. Flooding from record rainfall—the heaviest in more than a hundred years—has cut off more than 3 million people from basic services for days

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Centre Says Chennai Floods Could Have Been Avoided, DMK Blames CM

Following the Centre’s observation that the Chennai floods could have been avoided by the state government, DMK on Tuesday asked for an inquiry into the matter and also asked CM Jayalalithaa to take responsibility. Recently, an analysis by the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences revealed that the floods in Chennai were because of poor drainage systems and heavy rains. The report also states that the ministry had warned the state government about heavy rainfall 48 hours earlier.

The study by officials and scientists says that the floods could have been avoided if the Tamil Nadu government was quick to act against the disaster. Talking to The News Minute, K. Kanimozhi, State’s Women’s wing organiser of the DMK, said, “The ministry had informed the state government and concerned authorities about the disaster much ahead that there will be 111 percent increase in rainfall.”

Read more @ http://www.thequint.com/india/2016/02/03/centre-says-chennai-floods-could-have-been-avoided-dmk-blames-cm

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Bridgestone India contributes Rs 1 cr for Chennai flood relief

Tyre manufacturer Bridgestone India has contributed Rs 1 crore towards the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund for people affected by Chennai floods.

A cheque was handed over to the Prime Minister's Office by Bridgestone India Director Ajay Sevekari, the company said in a statement today.

"Bridgestone hopes to play a part in rebuilding the lives of the people of Chennai," Company's India MD Kazuhiko Mimura said describing the natural calamity as an unforeseen and unfortunate incident.

The donation is aimed at providing aid to the affected people of Chennai for their speedy recovery, along with the re-building of infrastructure destroyed during the floods, the company said.

Read more @ http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bridgestone-india-contributes-rs-1-cr-for-chennai-flood-relief-116020200635_1.html

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Tamil refugees contribute to CM’s flood relief fund

Sri Lankan Tamil refugees residing in a camp at Chinnapallikuppam, Ambur, have collected Rs. one lakh to help people affected by the December 2015 floods.

The refugees handed over a demand draft for Rs. one lakh to Collector R. Nanthagopal towards the Chief Minister’s Public flood Relief Fund.

There are 265 families residing in the refugee camp in Chinnapallikuppam, Ambur taluk for the last 25 years.

“We arrived to Tamil Nadu in 1990. We wanted to contribute whatever we can to the flood-hit people of the State as the government has been taking care and helping us for so many years,” said Maria Goretti Cruz, one of the refugees who had come to the Collectorate .

Many of them were employed in shoe companies, while some had taken up jobs such as painting. They have also formed 10 self-help groups to sell goods such as soaps and oil and re-invest the profit into the business, they said.

Read more @ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tamil-refugees-contribute-to-cms-flood-relief-fund/article8154243.ece

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Chennai, Tamilnadu —India’s fourth-largest city is paralyzed. Flooding from record rainfall—the heaviest in more than a hundred years—has cut off more than 3 million people from basic services for days. Floods in Chennai have killed more than 1200 people and have caused widespread damage in the region. People have lost their homes, Vehicles, Household Items, Cash, Etc. They are leftout with no Communication, Electricity, Foods, Water and Healthcare. Several NGO’s are responding to survivors’ immediate needs and have asked us to help fund their relief and recovery efforts on the ground. http://supportchennaicampaign.com/

Chennai, Tamilnadu —India’s fourth-largest city is paralyzed. Flooding from record rainfall—the heaviest in more than a hundred years—has cut off more than 3 million people from basic services for days.

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Sankara Healthcare Foundation Raises $10,000 for Chennai Flood Victims

Sankara Healthcare Foundation, Inc. raised about $10,000 to help Chennai’s flood victims. “New England For Chennai” event was organized at Algonquin Regional High School in Northborough, MA, to raise funds for relief work to Chennai and nearby areas that were affected by the well-known Chennai Floods.

This event was the brainchild of Smitha Krishnan, a young accomplished violinist, who is the student of Delhi Sundarajaran and a PhD student at Tufts. True to its name, this event featured outstanding programs by our New England teachers and senior students. The event proceeded very smoothly; transitions between performances were effortless and managed very effectively by Pavithra Giridharan, the lively MC for the evening.

The central themes for the evening were “Karunai” (Compassion), “Mazai” (Rain) and “Suryam” (Sun), and all the performances were geared around these themes

The evening started off with a soulful invocation, beautifully sung by Vandana Rao in Raag Malkauns.

This was followed by a Veena Recital by our own renowned Vainika Smt. Durga Krishnan and her students, very ably accompanied by Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan (Mali) on the mridangam. They started off with a brilliant rendition of a Ghana Raga Malika – Om Shakti, offering obeisance to Shakti, Ganesha, Muruga, Saraswathi, Krishna and Lakshmi. This was followed by Thyagaraja’s Naajeevadhara, in Bilahari, set to Adi Talam. This song was an appropriate metaphor for relief from death and destruction. The concluding piece was an energetic rendition of the Kalinganardhana thillana in Nagasvaravali where the notes on the veena strings and the mridangam beats mimicked Krishna’s dance on Kalinga.

Read more @ http://indianewengland.com/2016/01/sankara-healthcare-foundation-raises-10000-for-chennai-flood-victims/

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Singers and musicians unite for York flood relief

A string of Yorkshire singers and musicians are to join forces next week at a fundraising concert for families affected by the Boxing Day floods in York.

Artists due to perform on Tuesday evening at Fibbers, in Toft Green, York, include the award winning Rik Gaynor as Elvis, Spirit of Smokie, TV and recording star Dene Michael, soul diva Katie Jay, classical crossover sporano Michelle Palmer, male solo artist Marcus Andrews, singer songwriters Terri Shatiel, Lynsey Cawthra, Dan Audio, Dani Farley and Jamie Bevan, alternative/art-rock band Kumiko and alternative artist Ricky Fleming.

Read more: http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/what-s-on/arts-entertainment/music-and-gigs/singers-and-musicians-unite-for-york-flood-relief-1-7701919#ixzz3zHfyAgkr

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Gallantry Award For Entrepreneur Who Helped Strangers During Chennai Floods

Tamil Nadu government has honoured 26-year-old Chennai based entrepreneur Mohammad Yunus with the Anna Medal for Gallantry award 2016 in recognition of his "selfless, brave and noble act" during the recent floods in Chennai.

Mr Yunus rescued around 600 people during the Chennai floods using boats.

Among the rescued people was Chitra, a pregnant woman, whom he admitted to a hospital. The couple has named their baby Yunus in gratitude.

Mr Yunus had also opened the doors of his apartment in Chennai to a group of young women who were rendered homeless after flood water entered their homes. His act also also inspired many others to open up homes for strangers.

Read more @ http://www.ndtv.com/chennai-news/gallantry-award-for-entrepreneur-who-helped-strangers-during-chennai-floods-1270270

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Chennai floods: Unsung heroes honoured in Coimbatore

When floods damaged properties and turned the life people upside down in Chennai, Kancheepuram Tiruvallur and Cuddalore districts in November and December, a team in Coimbatore - Coimbatore for Tamil Nadu (C4TN) - was working day and night sending relief materials and supporting the affected people in every possible way. These unsung heroes were felicitated by ACC Cements on Sunday. ACC Cements honoured them at 'The real heroes' award function held at Madukkarai. Apart from various NGOs, corporates and educational institutions, nearly 50 corporation officials and sanitary workers who worked hard to clean up Chennai were also felicitated. This team set up 23 collection centres in Coimbatore and sent nearly 62 trucks filled with relief materials for nine days starting December 3. They said their work was not over yet as they still visit the flood-hit areas to rehabilitate the victims.

Read more @ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-floods-Unsung-heroes-honoured-in-Coimbatore/articleshow/50707726.cms

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Chennai floods: Insurance cos get Rs 4,800 cr claims

Insurance companies have received around 50,000 claims amounting to Rs 4,800 crore on account of the severe floods in Chennai that led to destruction of properties and claimed many human lives. While most of the claims have come from property, automobiles and small and medium enterprises (SME) sectors, this is the biggest insurance claim from a natural disaster in recent times, said the senior official of an insurance company. “Chennai floods will drive home the need for price correction in the light of repeated catastrophe events happening in the Indian market. There is not much industrialisation in Chennai city and most of industrial activities are happening in the peripheral limits outside Chennai, Cuddalore and Neyvelli districts besides Pondicherry UT,” said an official.

Read more @ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/chennai-floods-insurance-cos-get-rs-4800-cr-claims/

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Charity donation bins in Richmond a magnet for junk, says city

City council in Richmond, B.C. says it's cracking down on people using charity donation bins to get rid of their junk because of a flood of complaints on the matter.

Richmond resident Charles Stratford's home is next to a row of the donation bins. He says people have dropped off everything from expired medicine to toilets.

"If I hadn't been here yesterday, you would see a fridge sitting here," said Stratford, who convinced the person dropping it off to take it elsewhere.

"The people were kind of reluctant. I even helped him put it back in his van."

Read more @ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/charity-donation-bins-richmond-bc-rules-1.3411142

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Chennai, Tamilnadu —India’s fourth-largest city is paralyzed. Flooding from record rainfall—the heaviest in more than a hundred years—has cut off more than 3 million people from basic services for days.

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Happy flood hit Chennai is back on track says Sachin

Former India cricker and iconic batsman, Sachin Tendulkar todaystruck an emotional chord with Chennai city while speaking at an event as Brand Ambassadorof leading tyre manufacturer MRF. He began his speech after MRF signed a four year association as global partnerwith InternationalCricket Council(ICC) CEO Dave Richardson, saying " :this is my first time to Chennai after the floods in December." " After landing from the flight my experience was Chennai having been back in track again. It was a difficult time and people from various parts of India extended their helping hand and getting things back on track", he said. . He said "a big big thank you to all of them and it shows that it is the real character of our country as we get together and it is the true stand of all of us. That is something that India is known for. I hopeand pray that we continue to stay like that in difficulty times and help each other."

Read more @ http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160120/2774411.html

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Flood-hit slum dwellers in Chennai should not be displaced to far flung places, activists say

Slum and pavement dwellers in Chennai flood donation who lost their homes and livelihood during the recent floods should not be displaced to far flung places, say activists. Several NGOs and bureaucrats held a public hearing with those flood-affected people in 20 slums last month and released a report on Tuesday. The report says resettlement housing projects in Semmencheri, Tondiarpet and Perumbakkam are also flood- prone and push people into further poverty and crime without infrastructure, education and health facilities. "They must be housed in the same locations or within a two- kilometer radius of their existing location," said advisor to Unorganised Workers' Federation. "The houses should be equipped with all basic facilities such as water, sanitation, electricity, streetlights," Arasu said adding that the present resettlement plan didn't have any such facilities.

Read more @ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Flood-hit-slum-dwellers-in-Chennai-should-not-be-displaced-to-far-flung-places-activists-say/articleshow/50643109.cms