As panic sets in, people have been leaving offices early and are trying to stock up on groceries and petrol, worrying that in the next few days the situation may worsen and leave stocks unavailable. This has caused heavy traffic on the city’s roads
· Several IT firms and other companies have asked employees to leave office early, resulting in hordes of people on the roads, jamming traffic
· People trying to get provisions say milk and bread have run out in most shops at Ramapuram and Nandambakkam. Traffic close to DLF IT Park "worse than during the floods," they say.
· Traffic jam on Nelson Manickam road and Shanti Colony main road. Huge queues at petrol stations.
· Public transport slowly getting stopped, an MTC driver claims. Roads completely jammed.
· Firms operating in Mahindra World City have asked employees to leave. So have most firms in Olympia Tech Park and TRIL. Hewlett Packard Enterprises has asked employees in both their Chennai premises to leave.
· From Nungambakkam till Taylor's road in Kilpauk, traffic was jammed at 4.45pm
· Chennai City Police has directed all its officers to be on duty until further orders.
· Situation worse in other cities of Tamil Nadu too, with buses vandalised in Madurai
· In Coimbatore, nursing students were asked to leave early on Monday afternoon.
· Colleges in Coimbatore have declared holiday without announcing the reopening date. Students from neighbouring Kerala students were seen taking trains at coimbatore railway Junction on Monday afternoonin