Tamil Nadu and its capital Chennai have been witnessing heavy rainfall due to which normal life has come to stand still. Non-stop heavy rain have made the flood situation in the city and in Puducherry critical.
Flood victims are scrambling for accommodation, food, shelter and donations. So far, the death toll in the rain-related incidents is 197.
It is expected that rain will continue for next 48 hours and a flood alert has been issued.
And despite the city being in a crisis situation, the people of Chennai helped others and restored faith in humanity.
Also, they didn’t hold back to help animals
Much respect for this Good Samaritan #ChennaiFloods #IndiasEverydayHeroes pic.twitter.com/v4wikuDP7A
— Sydney Atkins (@sydneydxb) December 2, 2015
Pls help stranded animals with food and shelter! #chennairains #chennai #chennaifloods #Chennairains
Posted by Komal Todi on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
As the rains keep pouring and our city is slowly sinking. We have been getting a lot distress calls from dog owners…
Posted by Hotel for Dogs on Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Airforce carried out extensive rescue operation!
Army flood relief and rescue operations in Chennai pic.twitter.com/cFPhE4XFIe — MIB India (@MIB_India) November 17, 2015
Food pkts being distributed in Central Chennai by a Navy team. pic.twitter.com/EWszQzzPFv — DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) December 2, 2015
#ChennaiFloods Indian Navy also has also moved in for rescue and relief ops. pic.twitter.com/GSLSAcUtgQ — DPR (@SpokespersonMoD) November 17, 2015
Not only that, police officials did not deter from their duty in heavy rains
Salute and Thanks to these Officers for the rescue operations they are undertaking in the torrential #chennairains pic.twitter.com/b9ixbZmb7i
— Ganesh Perumal (@GaneshPerumalM) November 17, 2015
Dedication towards his work ,near #annauniversity. Salute and huge respects 🙏🙏🙏 #chennairains @gvprakash pic.twitter.com/CfGV7V0yzL — DEEPU (@DEEPU_S_GIRI) November 16, 2015
Many start-ups like Ola, Zomato, and companies like Airtel, BSNL also offered help
Ola was the first one to provide boats to help rescue people
Zomato launched a customised ‘Meal for flood relief’ where people can order free meals for flood victims.
Even the celebrities like actor Siddharth , RJ Balaji used social media to help people
You can make your contributions @927BIGFM office-Opp to Palmgrove Hotel,Nungambakkam #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/a7CncTJzWM
— 92.7BIGFM Chandigarh (@Chd927bigfm) December 2, 2015
Please use hashtag #ChennaiMicro for food parcel pickup information. It will be easier for our team to respond. Thanks. @rj_balaji — Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) December 2, 2015
Verified ! kindly do the needful Spread.it Guys!! #ChennaiFloods #ChennaiRainsHelp pic.twitter.com/WfvO5t11se
— AJITHKUMAR FANS CLUB (@ThalaAjith_FC) December 1, 2015
