Project Brief: Relief and rehabilitation efforts by Asha Chennai in Chennai and Thiruvallur districts and surrounding areas after the very heavy rains of November/December 2015.
Project Type: Relief & Rehabilitation (description)
Primary Focus: emergencies (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Chennai

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Melli Annamalai
Co-Steward: Bhaskar V
Project Partner(s): Rajaraman Krishnan
Project Address: Asha Trust - Asha Chennai 2015 Flood Relief Efforts
Tamil Nadu
Stewarding Chapter: Chennai

Chennai and neighbouring districts were battered by rains that broke all previous records in the months of November and December 2015. This further trigger a huge surge in all the rivers that run through these districts. Huge areas were inundated by these floods. Asha Chennai is undertaking relief and rehabilitation work in the areas we have been working with. These projects are described here.

In particular we have for several years been working in the Poondi block of Thiruvallur district. The Poondi reservoir is located here and the Kosasthalayar, Arani, Kooum and other rivers run through this block. Several villages in this block have been cut off from the rest of the world due to roads and bridges becoming flooded. Further some of the villages themselves have also been flooded. Severe rains that preceded have also left destruction in their wake.