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A 2015 CAG report revealed that a diversion channel from the Buckingham canal near Okkiyum Maduvu to the sea (a drain project under the JNNURM scheme) could have saved South Chennai from flooding; the government, however, dropped the ₹1 billion scheme, which, had it been completed, would have drained floodwater from southern neighbourhood at ...
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1943 Madras floods; 1964 Rameswaram cyclone; 2005 Chennai floods; ... 2015 South India floods; B. Brihadeeswarar temple fire; C. COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu; D.
The death of 18 patients at a private hospital added to the official toll of 280 confirmed killed in the disaster.
2015 South Indian floods: Heavy rain in Nov-Dec 2015 resulted in flooding of Adyar, Cooum rivers in Chennai, Tamil Nadu resulting in financial loss and human lives. [13] 2016 Assam floods: Heavy rains in July–August resulted in floods affecting 1.8 million people and flooding the Kaziranga National Park killing around 200 wild animals. [14]
However, ever since the devastating Chennai Floods of 2015, where 29,000 cusecs of water were estimated to have been released, purging everything in its path, the present AIADMK government, has made sustained efforts, to clean the river, with reasonable success - including cordon of its bank with a dedicated wall, remove encroachments from the ...
2015: The Chennai Metro starts functioning (29 June). [96] The 2015 South Indian floods cause the deaths of hundreds of people and damages worth several billions of dollars. [97] 2020: The first COVID-19 case is detected (7 March) 2021: World Trade Center starts functioning (September) [98] [99]
Heavy rains from Hurricane Joaquin caused Gills Creek to overflow its banks on Oct. 4, 2015.