While most industries resumed operations on Wednesday in Chennai and surrounding regions, the MSME sector and companies which were under water continued to stay away from work.
Many industries operated with 50% workforce as workers in flood-affected areas could not commute to work. Factories which has dormitories within their premises saw full attendance on the shop floors on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The North phase of the Ambattur Industrial Estate continued to float in water. “The North phase has three sectors. Water is slowly receding in sector one while the other two sectors are still flooded,” G. Aravind, president, Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufacturer’s Association, said. The same was the situation at the Villivakam Industrial Estate. Bakul Patel, president of SIDCO Industrial Estate Villivakam Manufacturers Association, said, “The water is still there and has seeped into a few units here.”
