Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday night announced Rs. 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who died in Tamil Nadu floods.
“PM announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs. 2 lakhs each from PMNRF (Prime
Minister’s National Relief Fund) for next of kin of those who lost their
lives in the floods in Tamil Nadu,”
Five trains cancelled
The Souther Railways has announced cancellation of five trains on
Sunday. Train No. 17313 Chennai-Hubli( Weekly) Express, Train No. 12028
Bangalore - Chennai Shatabdi Express, Train No. 12027 Chennai-Bangalore
Shatabdi Express, Train No. 12244 Coimbatore - Chennai Shatabdi Express,
Train No. 12662 Sengottai - Chennai Egmore Pothigai Express have been
cancelled on Sunday. One special train from Sengottai to Chennai Egmore
will leave Sengottai at 6.35 p.m. on Sunday. This train will stop all
the stoppages of Train No 12662 Pothigai Express.
Chennai airport to reopen
Days after being flooded and nearly seeing aircraft drown, the Chennai
airport's airport runway is finally dry. The airport will start
operations from 6 am tomorrow. Only limited domestic operations will
happen for the time being.
Airport director Deepak Shastri said the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation had given clearance for day operations for departures alone.
“This is only for clearing the 22 stranded flights, but the terminal is
not yet ready,” he added.It may take quite sometime to resume
fullfledged operations
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