Even as the capital city limped back to normalcy on Monday following a day of widespread floods, perennial issues which led to waterlogging in many areas remain to be addressed. The constriction of major canals at various locations has been pointed out as one of the reasons for the quick flooding following the extremely heavy rainfall that the district received on Saturday night.
At Technopark, where the entry point as well as the ground floors of three buildings were flooded on Sunday, water receeded by Monday morning. The encroachments on the Thettiyar canal as well as silting and dumping of waste in it had caused the canal to overflow during the heavy rains.
Power supply has been restored in full in most of the city areas that experienced heavy waterlogging in Saturday night’s rainfall, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) said on Monday. The operation of the 110 KV Substation at Kazhakootam is also back on track, the utility said. The substation premises had been waterlogged with stormwater overflowing from the neaby Thettiyar canal.
