The city of Chennai, host to one of the three Presidency Courts in the country, is suffering from one of the most severe cases of flooding in history. But the residents of the city have shown a remarkable resilience, and have used social media to not only arrange evacuations, provide real time updates, but have also managed to generate a significant amount of relief.
We have collated the following information from various sources.
1. Phone recharge, doctors, boats etc- Google Document
2. Places to stay – Google Document
3. Shelter/aid/rescue – Chennai Rains Org
4. Road updates – Google Document
5. Donations – Rapid Response (Via BuzzFeed)
6. Tracking flooded streets – FloodMap (via BuzzFeed)
The Chennai rains have also seen members of the Twitterati step in to make a difference. Here are ten twitter handles to follow for updates on the floods
2. . ChennaiRains (@ChennaiRains) –
3. Manish (@jimanish)
4. Sowmya Rao (@sowmyarao_)
5. Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth)
6. Archana Kalpathi (@archanakalpathi)
7. Sandy (@sandygrains)
8. Karthik Kumar (@evamkarthik)
9. Netra Parikh (@Netra)
Here are some useful helpline numbers:
Chennai Corporation Helplines:
Tree Fall, Water Logging: 1913 Sewage Overflow: 45674567,2200335 State Emergency: 1070 District Emergency:1077 Electricity: 1912 Fire & Rescue: 101
Their regional office numbers:
Kodambakkam: 9445190010 Tiruvottiyur: 9445190001 Manali: 9445190002 Madhavaram:9445190003 Tondiapret: 9445190004 Royapuram: 9445190005 Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar: 9445190006 Ambattur: 9445190007 Annanagar: 9445190008 Teynampet: 9445190009 Valasaravakkam: 9445190011 Alandur: 9445190012 Adyar: 9445190013 Perungudi: 9445190014 Sholinganallur: 9445190015