Car Owners Park On Chennai Flyover To Escape Floods [Video]

Chennai is currently experiencing heavy rainfall, and for this reason, a lot of roads in the city have flooded. Now, in most places when this happens, it’s the cars that suffer the most. So, in order to keep their cars safe from waterlogged streets and the risk of flooding, people in Chennai have come up with a unique solution. Recently, a video has been shared online which shows that people have now parked their cars on flyovers to keep them safe.

People are parking their cars on flyovers to avoid flooding.

This video, showing this method of people saving their cars from floods, has been shared on Instagram. It comes courtesy of Vizag Weatherman. In this short clip, we can note that there are two flyovers at different heights, and on both of these flyovers, there are cars parked on the side.

The flyover that is on the lower level has cars on both sides. Meanwhile, the flyover on top has cars on only one side. We can also note that these flyovers are still being used. It has to be appreciated that all the cars have been parked perfectly, and there is proper spacing between each car.

Chennai waterlogging

The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in Chennai due to the relentless downpour. For those who may not be aware, an orange alert means that people need to prepare for the upcoming extremes of the weather.

As per the reports, a massive cyclonic storm could be crossing the North Tamil Nadu-South Andhra Pradesh coasts. This will most likely take place in the early morning of October 17. Hence, the people of Chennai have already started preparing for the extreme rainfall.

Already, a number of streets have waterlogged in Chennai, and water has reached knee level. Due to the increasing rain and waterlogging, the city is experiencing long traffic jams, and a lot of flights and trains are being canceled as well.

Man almost drowned in Madurai subway

Due to these heavy rains in the state of Tamil Nadu, a few other cities are also experiencing waterlogging. Recently, it was reported that a Ford Ecosport driver in Madurai almost drowned with his car. What happened was that one of the subways of the city was completely submerged.

So, in order to keep people away from entering, a police patrol vehicle was stationed on the edge of the slope of the subway. Now, despite this, a Ford Ecosport driver did not stop and entered the waterlogged subway. Soon after this, his vehicle started floating.

It was noted that this vehicle was drifting towards the deeper end. Thankfully, a police constable and two men came to this Ford Ecosport driver’s rescue. They quickly jumped into the water and swam towards his car and then helped him to come out. This happened just before the vehicle completely submerged in water.

Following this evacuation, another incident took place. It was reported that the police patrol vehicle, which was parked on the slope, entered the subway as the handbrake was not engaged properly. Both vehicles were later retrieved by the authorities.

It was reported that after the incident, the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), S. Davidson Devasirvatham, rewarded the three men. Constable Thangamuthu and the two civilians, R. Chandrasekar, aged 36, and G. Karthikeyan, aged 26, were presented with rewards by the ADGP.