Chennai rains as it happened: Chief Minister Palaniswamy visits RK Nagar, speaks to affected people

Representational image. PTI[/caption]With the northeast monsoon remaining active over the state, the MeT has forecast more rains for the next two days."A low pressure has formed over the southwest Bay of Sri Lanka coast. During the last 24 hours, fairly widespread rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu," S Balachandran, Director, Area Cyclone Warning Centre, said.In the next two days, moderate rainfall is expected in many places in south Tamil Nadu and a few areas in the north coastal parts of the state, he told reporters.Heavy rainfall is also expected at one or two places over south Tamil Nadu and Cauvery delta districts, Balachandran said, advising fishermen in the coastal areas of the regions to be "cautious".As far as Chennai is concerned, some light spells of rain are expected in the next two days, he said.The relentless rain in and around Chennai also resulted in an increase in the storage levels of reservoirs supplying drinking water to the city.The combined storage of four reservoirs feeding Chennai — Poondi, Cholavaram, Red Hills and Chembarambakkam-- stood at 1,925 mcft (million cubic feet), as against the full combined capacity of 11,057 mcft, data by the Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board said.The combined storage on 2 November, 2016, stood at 1,270 mcft, it said.The storage is likely to go up following the forecast of more rain, and with the ongoing north-east monsoon scheduled to last till December.Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar on Thursday condoled the death of two children who were electrocuted at Kodungaiyur yesterday.He expressed his condolences to the families of Yuvasri and Bhavana, who died after coming in contact with a live wire submerged in stagnant water.The minister told reporters that the government would not tolerate any "laxity" on such issues and pointed out that eight officials of TANGEDCO (Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited) had been suspended in connection with the incident.