Limited commercial flight operations have started this morning from the Rajali naval air station in Arakkonam near Chennai.
Train services on the suburban Chennai Arakonnam stretch were partially restored. Southern Railway officials said they were yet to take a call on restoration of services on the other busy Tambaram-Chennai beach route which covers both business and residential areas.
The Chennai Metro line continued to witness enhanced patronage in the wake of suspension of bus and rail transport.
With a focus on intensifying relief and rescue operations to provide aid to rain-hit people of Chennai and adjoining areas, the NDRF has bolstered its strength by adding ten more teams for the job and has rescued 9,000 people till now.
Director General of the force, O P Singh, said his teams are expected to rescue and reach out to more number of people on Friday as water has receded in some places.
"We have rescued about 9,000 people till now. Ten more teams from Pune and Patna have been mobilised to Tamil Nadu. We expect to have better results today as things have improved and communication is enhanced," he said.
Five teams arrived early this morning for the task at Chennai, an official NDRF spokesperson said.
The force already has 30 teams, with 40 personnel in each, working in the areas of the Tamil Nadu capital and adjoining Puducherry.
The NDRF has also pressed in about 110 inflatable and other kinds of boats and numerous sets of buoys and life jackets with the rescue and relief teams so that the needy and the marooned get help.The force has also activated helpline number at its control room here - 011-24363260, 09711077372.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday conducted separate aerial surveys of the areas battered by the unprecedented rains that have killed 269 people till now.
After their separate aerial surveys, Jayalalithaa had on Thursday met the Prime Minister and urged for an immediate relief of Rs 5,000 crore, to which he responded by announcing Rs 1000 crore more for relief work in Tamil Nadu.
This will be in addition to the Rs 940 crore already announced by the Centre.
A meeting of the Crisis Management Group (CMG) is also scheduled to be held under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi to review the preparedness of the agencies along with officials of Ministries of Defence, Food, Railways, Agriculture, Health, Department of Telecommunications, and National Disaster Management Authority.
Meanwhile, the IAF in its rescue operations has established an air bridge from Meenambakkam to Arakonnam, and another between Arakonnam and Tambaram Air Base, nearly 30 kms from Chennai.
About 120 rescued people were flown to Delhi in a C-130J (Super Hercules) yesterday, while another 100 were rescued from Meenambakam Airport area. We have deployed all necessary assets and the only bottleneck in our efforts is the weather," said Air Marshal S R K Nair, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Training Command).
Co-piloting a Chetak helicopter, Captain Dhall and several other pilots, based out of Tambaram Air Force Station have been performing relief-cum-rescue operations for the last several days, reaching out to people left stranded on terraces or airlifting those stuck at the airport area, among other places.
"You see the runways are flooded and parts of the airport are all inundated, vehicles submerged, thus operations continue to remain suspended...," Captain Dhall told PTI during one of his sorties over the capital city.
NEW DELHI: The government said six low-priced flights would be operated daily from Chennai after fares from nearby airports shot up to six times the normal lastminute rates — touching almost Rs 50,000 in one case — as incessant rains and floods brought the southern city to a halt and grounded passengers.
The civil aviation ministry, which had warned airlines that it would intervene if the carriers didn't stop taking advantage of the situation, said the flights would operate daily from the naval airbase in Chennai over the next two days to rescue stranded passengers.
Train services on the suburban Chennai Arakonnam stretch were partially restored. Southern Railway officials said they were yet to take a call on restoration of services on the other busy Tambaram-Chennai beach route which covers both business and residential areas.
The Chennai Metro line continued to witness enhanced patronage in the wake of suspension of bus and rail transport.
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With a focus on intensifying relief and rescue operations to provide aid to rain-hit people of Chennai and adjoining areas, the NDRF has bolstered its strength by adding ten more teams for the job and has rescued 9,000 people till now.
Director General of the force, O P Singh, said his teams are expected to rescue and reach out to more number of people on Friday as water has receded in some places.
"We have rescued about 9,000 people till now. Ten more teams from Pune and Patna have been mobilised to Tamil Nadu. We expect to have better results today as things have improved and communication is enhanced," he said.
Five teams arrived early this morning for the task at Chennai, an official NDRF spokesperson said.
The force already has 30 teams, with 40 personnel in each, working in the areas of the Tamil Nadu capital and adjoining Puducherry.
The NDRF has also pressed in about 110 inflatable and other kinds of boats and numerous sets of buoys and life jackets with the rescue and relief teams so that the needy and the marooned get help.The force has also activated helpline number at its control room here - 011-24363260, 09711077372.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Thursday conducted separate aerial surveys of the areas battered by the unprecedented rains that have killed 269 people till now.
After their separate aerial surveys, Jayalalithaa had on Thursday met the Prime Minister and urged for an immediate relief of Rs 5,000 crore, to which he responded by announcing Rs 1000 crore more for relief work in Tamil Nadu.
This will be in addition to the Rs 940 crore already announced by the Centre.
A meeting of the Crisis Management Group (CMG) is also scheduled to be held under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi to review the preparedness of the agencies along with officials of Ministries of Defence, Food, Railways, Agriculture, Health, Department of Telecommunications, and National Disaster Management Authority.
Meanwhile, the IAF in its rescue operations has established an air bridge from Meenambakkam to Arakonnam, and another between Arakonnam and Tambaram Air Base, nearly 30 kms from Chennai.
About 120 rescued people were flown to Delhi in a C-130J (Super Hercules) yesterday, while another 100 were rescued from Meenambakam Airport area. We have deployed all necessary assets and the only bottleneck in our efforts is the weather," said Air Marshal S R K Nair, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Training Command).
Co-piloting a Chetak helicopter, Captain Dhall and several other pilots, based out of Tambaram Air Force Station have been performing relief-cum-rescue operations for the last several days, reaching out to people left stranded on terraces or airlifting those stuck at the airport area, among other places.
"You see the runways are flooded and parts of the airport are all inundated, vehicles submerged, thus operations continue to remain suspended...," Captain Dhall told PTI during one of his sorties over the capital city.
NEW DELHI: The government said six low-priced flights would be operated daily from Chennai after fares from nearby airports shot up to six times the normal lastminute rates — touching almost Rs 50,000 in one case — as incessant rains and floods brought the southern city to a halt and grounded passengers.
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The civil aviation ministry, which had warned airlines that it would intervene if the carriers didn't stop taking advantage of the situation, said the flights would operate daily from the naval airbase in Chennai over the next two days to rescue stranded passengers.
"Fares
for these commercial flights have been fixed at Rs 2,000 per passenger
for travel to the northern states and Rs 1,000 per passenger for travel
to the southern states," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh
Sharma said at a press conference. Passengers won't be allowed to carry
checkin baggage on these flights to be operated by Air India and
IndiGo. Other airlines may also join in. Chennai airport was shut until
Sunday after the operational area was submerged under seven feet of
wat ..
"Fares
for these commercial flights have been fixed at Rs 2,000 per passenger
for travel to the northern states and Rs 1,000 per passenger for travel
to the southern states," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh
Sharma said at a press conference. Passengers won't be allowed to carry
checkin baggage on these flights to be operated by Air India and
IndiGo. Other airlines may also join in. Chennai airport was shut until
Sunday after the operational area was submerged under seven feet of
wat ..
"Fares
for these commercial flights have been fixed at Rs 2,000 per passenger
for travel to the northern states and Rs 1,000 per passenger for travel
to the southern states," Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh
Sharma said at a press conference. Passengers won't be allowed to carry
checkin baggage on these flights to be operated by Air India and
IndiGo. Other airlines may also join in. Chennai airport was shut until
Sunday after the operational area was submerged under seven feet of
wat ..
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