Its been raining heavily the past few days due to a low depression in the Bay of Bengal. These rains are a welcome relief from the heat for the Chennai folks. My dad used to say Chennai is a city with 3 seasons - Hot, Hotter, Hottest. Y'day a friend of mine was checking the historic temperatures in the month of Oct and it has gone to a min of 16 deg C. Can you believe it? Well though it was in the year 1889!
Well we also stumbled upon the Satellite view in Google maps with Weather option ticket. It gave us a almost real time view of the storm clouds. Attached is the pic here. Isn't it cool?
Well the rains are good but except for the problems it brought it due to mismanagement by the Govt. Roads have gone altogether, even in a highway such as OMR. The stretch from Kelambakkam to SIPCOT (IT park) is bad and getting worse with the first heavy rains. All the patch work is done, there are now holes in the center of the road as big as 1 feet deep and 2 feet wide. In addition to this, the water logs on the road, it never drains out in few places. Especially near Hindustan Engg. College in Padur. Some times these water logging act as a camouflage for the pot holes to ambush the drivers. God help the drivers only he can take them home safely. Btw, I will try to take some pics if I can in the next few days (not when I am the one who is driving)
Another key difficulty my friends in TCS are facing, with the rains coming down, is the continuous leaks in the roof of the buses provided by the company for transportation to work. Due to the work place being as long as 40+ Kms away from many associates take the company bus (of course paid). But to sit in a bus with a leak on 10-20% of the seats is a nightmare. Wish they could have some alternatives or someone responsible to help them.
Thats all from me now. Heading back.
Well we also stumbled upon the Satellite view in Google maps with Weather option ticket. It gave us a almost real time view of the storm clouds. Attached is the pic here. Isn't it cool?
Well the rains are good but except for the problems it brought it due to mismanagement by the Govt. Roads have gone altogether, even in a highway such as OMR. The stretch from Kelambakkam to SIPCOT (IT park) is bad and getting worse with the first heavy rains. All the patch work is done, there are now holes in the center of the road as big as 1 feet deep and 2 feet wide. In addition to this, the water logs on the road, it never drains out in few places. Especially near Hindustan Engg. College in Padur. Some times these water logging act as a camouflage for the pot holes to ambush the drivers. God help the drivers only he can take them home safely. Btw, I will try to take some pics if I can in the next few days (not when I am the one who is driving)
Another key difficulty my friends in TCS are facing, with the rains coming down, is the continuous leaks in the roof of the buses provided by the company for transportation to work. Due to the work place being as long as 40+ Kms away from many associates take the company bus (of course paid). But to sit in a bus with a leak on 10-20% of the seats is a nightmare. Wish they could have some alternatives or someone responsible to help them.
Thats all from me now. Heading back.
