The northeast monsoon is predicted to reach by the third week of October.
Larger Chennai Company is taking proactive measures to arrange for the upcoming monsoon season. In a submit on X, the civic physique introduced that they’ve bought 36 boats to make sure readiness in case of heavy rainfall, distributing them throughout Zone 3, Zone 14, Madhavaram, and Perungudi. This transfer comes after the Regional Meteorological Centre forecasted regular to barely above regular rainfall in the course of the northeast monsoon.
”Expensive #Chennaiites, #GCC has bought 36 boats as a precautionary measure in case of heavy rainfall in the course of the monsoon season. Under are footage of the boats distributed in Zone 3 &14. One boat to Zone 3 and two boats to Zone 14,” the tweet learn, together with a couple of footage.
See the submit right here:
Expensive #Chennaiites,#GCC has bought 36 boats as a precautionary measure in case of heavy rainfall in the course of the monsoon season. Under are footage of the boats distributed in Zone 3 &14. One boat to Zone 3 and two boats to Zone 14.#ChennaiCorporation#HereToServe#NalamiguChennaipic.twitter.com/8apDlfk8eG
— Larger Chennai Company (@chennaicorp) October 2, 2024
The northeast monsoon is predicted to reach by the third week of October, in accordance with the Indian Meteorological Division (IMD), and it is prone to carry extra rainfall than ordinary. This monsoon season usually runs from October to December, bringing much-needed rain to the southern peninsula.
To supervise monsoon preparedness, the federal government has additionally appointed 15 IAS officers, one for every zone. The officers might be in command of preparedness, planning, reduction and mitigation of all of the zones within the Larger Chennai Company (GCC).
The GCC has additionally recognized weak areas, mapping and evaluation, preparedness of institutional preparations and pre-positioning of human assets. Moreover, the company is implementing numerous measures to boost capability constructing, together with mitigation methods, stakeholder sanitization, site visitors administration plans, communication channels, reduction preparations, and medical preparedness.
These measures comply with the devastating Cyclone Michaung in December 2023, which introduced 400 mm of rainfall in simply two days, leading to widespread flooding and waterlogging that claimed 17 lives and affected hundreds. A number of questions had been raised on systemic points and catastrophe preparedness. Native folks had complained that reduction operations had been poor and there was no forewarning.