Heavy rains on Tuesday lashed Chennai disrupting flight movement and leaving several areas inundated.

The picture looks no better for Wednesday with the weather office forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall for Tamil Nadu, especially over the northern districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram.

A flood warning along the Adyar has been issued as the government has started releasing 20,000 cubic feet per second of water from Chembarambakkam reservoir into Adyar.

A holiday has been declared on Tuesday for educational institutions in these districts, which have been experiencing heavy downpour.

Infrastructure, including roads and bridges, storm water drainage systems, water supply and sewerage systems and electricity supply systems have been battered in many areas. Most roads were left in a damaged state, with motorists finding it hard to negotiate potholes.

As seen in this photograph posted on Twitter, VIT campus in Chennai was fully submerged today morning. Photo: ‏@nmmahapatra

Water enterd homes in Ram Nagar in Madipakkam. Photo: @ChennaiConnect

Photo posted by @aravinds91 on Twitter: This is not fog! This is so heavy spell at Navalur, OMR

@ChennaiRains tweeted a photograph of flooded Bala Vidya Mandir School in Adyar

Condition of Accenture offices in OMR and Perungalathur. Photo: ‏@sailudavey

Velachery Main Road at intersection leading to Madipakkam. Photo: @ChennaiConnect

Olympia Tech Park in Chennai once again flooded. Photo: @chennai_app

‏@sailudavey tweeted this photograph saying Mahindra city is now Mahindra island

Infosys Office in Chennai declared holiday for Tuesday. Photo: ‏@Mselva_offl

Roads heading from Vadapalani to Koyambedu. Photo: ‏@Chennaiblog

Published on December 1, 2015