Prabhu Venkatramani sends me pictures of Cauvery overflowing inside the town of Srirangam. Seems like after years of not-so-much-rain, this one has really affected the temple city. He also writes in the email that the electricity is non-existent for the last three days and the town has come to a standstill. Thats really bad to know. For more news on the floods, read from dinamalar.
Shucks !! What a deepavali this is turning out to be ?
With hundreds of small villages nearly submerged in water, why are the social work bloggers not starting a Srirangam Flood Relief Blog ? A flood is a flood wherever it happens. Right ?
Guru, I know who you are taking a dig at but how fashionable it is for “those” to start a “Srirangam Flood Relief” blog? After all, the term Srirangam is not as hip as New Orleans :-)
Posted by:Ooh! I don’t remember seeing so much water in Cauvery. I have played cricket on that sand and saw some water only during Aadi-perukku.
Posted by:(My dad has an apt. right on the banks of Cauvery in Srirangam area, poor occupants).
Boss, everything depends on the coverage. Fashionable or else, its just that not a lot of ppl who are here have had news about everything. If someone on the ground in Srirangam/Trichy or even Chennai starts something, am sure its gonna have a domino effect like anything else in the recent past!
Posted by:It really looks like a devastating tragedy. That is what floods really do when they get going. I didn’t know there was such a category as “Social work bloggers” . A list should be displayed someone so that new bloggers can join if they like.Blogs should be issue based as well as personal.
Posted by:guru,
when you say, start a flood relief blog, what exactly did you mean? i ask for i can’t comprehend right now how that would function??
katz
Posted by:Lazy, Chennai is almost there. Check my blog
Posted by:Lazy,
Now we are back to normalcy. Power is back. Water has drained to a greater extent.
Chennai is in big trouble now! Good time for boat sellers!!
Posted by:MOST OF THE COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ARE BS. NO PROBLEM IN SRIRANGAM TOWN AS SUCH. PROBLEM WITH TIRUCHI TOWN. MOSTLY LOW LYING ARES ARE SUBMERGED - PARTICULARLY CONSTRUCTIONS WITH OUT PROPER PRECAUTIONS ETC. GOVT. HAS RESPONDED WELL AND SRIRANGAM IS QUITE CALM. POWER WAS NOT THERE JUST FOR 27 HRS. THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM A SRIRANGAM RESIDENT.
Posted by:Srirangam Flood relief blog???
Lazy..a pinch of sarcasm..huh?
Social workers..This is what they get finally for whatever efforts they put in or whatever benevolence they try to propogate!
Posted by:-Raapi
Dude…it looks like u were quite a fotprints enthusiast last year. Why dont u come drop in at Footprints 2005 whihc is at GRT granddays on the 28th, that is tommorow. We wud love it if u cud make it to the seminar this year as well. We have Speakers like bala(theatr nisha fame), hariharan(national award winning director), Narayanan(O&m)….passes are available at the venue.
Posted by:I Know the weather is playin havoc,but it wud be great to have u here…hope to cya.
Lazy,
Why don’t u start a Srirangam Flood Relief Blog?.Social responsibility is not an exclusive of social blogs.
Posted by:Chennai witnessed rains today like never before! From 3am to 8am 21 cm of rain was recorded!! Army has been called to aid the relief work!
Thanniye illatha TN-la ippo excess thanni! Vecha kudumi saracha mottai case-a poachu Chennai-la!
Posted by:http://mzzmi.blogspot.com/2005/10/bangalore-chennai-flood-some-pics.html
Posted by:In fact we might even have “KK Nagar Flood Relief Blog” and another for “KK Nagar-West”.
P.S : Both will be promptly linked to by desipundit and have Amit as a contributor ;)
Posted by:Being from Srirangam (although not living there right now), this incident has left a mark on lot of my family back home. But from what i’ve gathered, it is not as bad as it sounds in the media. I think indians in general are people who can bounce back qucikly in terms of spirits, when they lose their property (not the case when they lose their friends/family). I am not trying to compare with anybody (unlike those e-mails comparing katrina and bombay and taking “pride” out of a situation that needed attention and help)
Posted by:Check these pictures of Tiruchy and other surrounding areas in Indiavarta.com http://www.indiavarta.com/gallery/show.asp?Topic=1271
and also check how chennai is in
http://www.indiavarta.com/gallery/show.asp?Topic=-1359
Posted by:You’re just really LAZY.. aren’t you? Expecting someone else to come and set up a blog? Sarcasm and sloth go so well together.
Posted by:Lazy is right. You feel strongly about this? Get off your tush and do something instead of whining and waiting for someone else to.
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