Chennai’s Manali and Madhavaram areas experienced flooding due to preemptive release of water from Puzhal and Poondi reservoirs. Civic negligence, including incomplete stormwater drain projects and missing bunds along the surplus channels, exacerbated the situation. Bottlenecks in the channels and delayed drainage projects further worsened the flooding impacting thousands of families.
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