Heavy rain uproots trees in over 10 places in Chennai

Heavy rain that lashed the city on Saturday night uprooted trees in more than 10 places.

The city police, with the assistance of the Fire and Rescue services personnel and the Greater Chennai Corporation workers, cleared the fallen trees on Sunday. 

A senior officer said several trees had fallen in more than 10 locations, including Tiruvottiyur, T. Nagar, Ashok Bagar, Guindy, and Velachery, damaging a few houses and disrupting traffic.  

A large tree fell on a house on 16th Street in Mosque Colony, Guindy. No one was inside the house at the time.

An avenue tree located on the Velachery Main Road of Santhoshapuram got uprooted, affecting traffic movement on Sunday. The officials of the Tambaram Corporation removed the fallen tree to help ease the flow of traffic.