00:00With the monsoon kicking off in Tamil Nadu with unprecedented rainfall,
00:05Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has also visited the Chembrabakham Lake
00:09to review flood prevention measures and prepared this for heavy rainfall.
00:13Now this comes even as we've already seen heavy torrential downpour
00:17in several pockets of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai.
00:20And so the Chembrabakham Lake, which remember years ago when we saw flooding in Chennai
00:26where the city literally went underwater,
00:27it was because of the Chembrabakham Lake and the lake breaching.
00:31In this particular case, Chief Minister Vijay therefore is looking at what really the inflow is like currently
00:37and the preparations may be officials to ensure there is no repeat of that kind of a situation.
00:41There is a forecast of more heavy rainfall coming Chennai's way
00:44and so the government is trying to ensure they are fully prepared.
00:48There have been a lot of questions on whether the TVK government has been better prepared
00:51than in fact the predecessor when it comes to rainfall, when it comes to the monsoon.
00:55Well, so far with the heavy rainfall we've seen, we have seen some incidents of flooding
01:00but the government is saying that they have been proactively ensuring that the situation is under control
01:05and that there is no situation where there is unprecedented flooding.
