The State government has appointed 15 IAS officers to monitor monsoon-related works in Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC). One IAS officer has been appointed for each zone
Zone 1 (Thiruvottiyur): AK Kamal Kishore, MD of TN FibreNet Corporation
Zone 2 (Manali): B Ganesan, Project Director of TN Road Sector Project 2
Zone 3 (Madhavaram): Sandeep Nanduri, Director for Tourism
Zone 4 (Tondiarpet): TG Vinay, Director for Survey and Settlement
Zone 5 (Royapuram): Mageswari Ravikumar, Joint Secretary for PWD
Zone 6 (Thiru Vi Ka Ngr): M Pradeep Kumar, Joint MD for TWAD board
Zone 7 (Ambattur): S Suresh Kumar, Director for Minorities Welfare
Zone 8 (Anna Nagar): S Palanisamy, Joint Secretary, AD & TW
Zone 9 (Teynampet): K Rajamani, MD, TN Salt Corporation
Zone 10 (Kodambakkam): M Vijayalakshmi, Joint Secretary, AHDF & FW Dept
Zone 11 (Valasaravakkam): Shankar Lal Kumawat, Joint Commissioner of Commercial Taxes
Zone 12 (Alandur): L Nirmalraj, Director, Geology and Mining
Zone 13 (Adyar): S Malarvizhi, Vice-Chairperson, Science City
Zone 14 (Perungudi): A Sivagnanam, MD for TN Warehousing Corporation
Zone 15 (Sholinganallur): K Veera Raghava Rao, Director for Employment and Training
Due to heavy rains in the city, traffic has been diverted in many parts and many subways have been closed
On EVR Salai, vehicles coming from Chennai Central towards Nair Point will be diverted at the junction of EVR Salai and Gandhi Irwin Point towards Egmore (CMDA)
At Pantheon Roundabout, vehicles are not allowed towards Rajarathinam Stadium (Marshall Road) and are diverted towards Pantheon Road; vehicles are allowed on Marshall Road towards Pantheon Roundabout
Vehicles are not allowed to go towards Raja Mannar Salai from Arcot Road
Completely closed
Gengu Reddy subway
Duraisamy subway
Madley subway
Vyasarpadi subway
Ganesapuram subway
Man dies after house collapses
CHENNAI: A man died at Royapuram on Saturday allegedly after his house collapsed on him following heavy rains in the city. The victim Rajaram was living alone at his house in Anjaneya Nagar and died on the spot, sources said.
Upon receiving information, fire and rescue services personnel recovered the body from the rubble and sent it for postmortem.