Chennai gridlocked for hours after intense rains
The Hindu
Thousands of people were stranded; metro rail crowded
Thousands of motorists and commuters were stranded for several hours on arterial roads in Chennai on Thursday evening as waterlogging induced by sudden and incessant heavy rains led to a gridlock. The city last witnessed such a situation in November 2015.
Aerial visuals showed buses, cars, auto rickshaws and scooters caught in a bumper-to-bumper jam along Anna Salai, Broadway, NSC Bose Road, Nelson Manickam Road, Koyambedu, Mylapore, Vadapalani, Porur and other areas unable to inch forward to their destinations.
Some of those leaving offices, took a ‘U Turn’ to return to their point of origin after being stuck for over an hour covering less than a kilometre. Metro Rail stations witnesed unprecedened crowding as people desperately tried to reach their homes.
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