News #Chennaifloods Situation and its Updates

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"We did great work for the first couple of days, but now it has slowed," said Paul. There's more than enough food now with the government getting into the act in the past 24 hours, he says. Municipal councillors are making sure that kitchens in their respective wards are feeding the flood-affected. Several people whose kitchens are functional are cooking, loading their cars up with food and distributing it directly without coordinating with collections centers like Paul's. Others keep sending in to the center for distribution.
With so much food around, Paul's volunteers get some very specific requests when they go out. "They say 'If you have mutton biryani, give. We don't want sambar rice'" Paul remarks. But fresh cooked food is still pouring into the relief centre. "We can't say no when the food comes," one volunteer says. Paul makes an appeal on Facebook asking for only non-perishable food.

Two men from Tiruvetriyur collect 500 strips of paracetamols and bottles of tonic. "Our area is completely waterlogged and people are still stuck on their first floors," says KS Praveen Kumar. "People say there's enough food. but they need medicines for have aged people and young children who are falling sick."

Chennai flood relief: There's lots of cooked food but not enough people to eat it
 

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Chennai is slowly limping back to normalcy. The Airports Authority of India has said that Chennai airport, which has been shut since Monday, will start partial operations on Saturday. Banks will also remain open on Sunday in order to facilitate smooth financial transactions.

Massive rescue and relief operations are underway across the state. Tamil Nadu State Relief Officer has said that over 11 lakh people have been evacuated so far. In addition, power has been restored in most areas.

Live: PM Modi announces ex-gratia relief of Rs 2 lakh each to families of those who died in Chennai floods - IBNLive
 

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In a huge relief to flood hit residents of the city, state-run AAVIN on Saturday said adequate measures are being taken to step up milk supply and that it would reach full capacity by Sunday.

The supply of milk sachets stood at 8.20 lakh litre milk on Friday while it was 10.20 lakh litres on Saturday. By Sunday, the supply of milk will reach its full capacity, it said.

On supply of milk powder the company said sufficient milk powder was supplied to people staying in relief camps.

Seventy five metric tonne of milk powder were distributed to areas coming under Chennai Corporation, 105 metric tonnes and 108 metric tonne milk powders were supplied to Cuddalore and Kancheepuram districts, respectively, the state-run milk agency said.

Lakhs of people dependent on Aavin were forced to pay exorbitant rates to get milk from various sources as there was shortage of the commodity over the past few days.

Chennai rains: Milk supply to get restored by Sunday, says Aavin - The Hindu
 
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