Importance of Infrastructure Planning

Abstract

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, November 2015 recorded heavy rainfall. During the first and second week of December 2015 there was continuous rainfall making everything out of gear at Chennai. Morning onwards there was continuous rain after a very hot summer season. The rain was nonstop and falling heavily. Intense rain continued for some days. Rain equivalent to a month got caught in a day’s rainfall. Whole of Chennai got flooded. Water, water everywhere in a water-starved city. All streets and drains got flooded and it also entered houses and flats without discriminating the rich and the poor. People started commuting through makeshift boats. It goes without saying that the flood caused lot of personal as well as common losses. Good Samaritans started doing relief work in terms of food, medicine, clothes etc. but they faced some political pressure there also.