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Chennai floods: The South Central Railway (SCR) is running special trains from Hyderabad and Kakinada Port to Chennai for the benefit of passengers stranded in the Chennai floods. Train No 07644 left Kakinada Port at 21:00 hrs today and will arrive in Chennai Beach at 09:50 hrs tomorrow.<br>Image Caption: People receive food packets distributed by navy personnel in Chennai (AP)</br>
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Chennai floods: The South Central Railway (SCR) is running special trains from Hyderabad and Kakinada Port to Chennai for the benefit of passengers stranded in the Chennai floods. Train No 07644 left Kakinada Port at 21:00 hrs today and will arrive in Chennai Beach at 09:50 hrs tomorrow.<br>People receive food packets distributed by navy personnel in Chennai (AP)</br>Image Caption: Army personnel carrying an elderly woman to safe place during their rescue operation in flood affected Chennai (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: Another train (No. 02760) departed from Hyderabad at 21:00 today and will arrive at Chennai Beach at 12:15 hrs tomorrow, a SCR release said. Meanwhile, the SCR today cancelled half a dozen trains (Up and Down directions) due to submergence of Railway bridges on the Chennai–Gudur section. These trains are: Tirupati-Chennai Central Saptagiri Express, Tirupati-Chennai Central Express and Vijayawada-Chennai Central Janshatabdi Express (all three in both directions), the release said.<br>Chennai: A patient getting shifted to another hospital from MIOT Hospital after the flooding of the area due to heavy rainfall in Chennai (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: Over 600 people including more than 130 university students and an old French couple were taken to safety today by a coordinated team of defence and NDRF personnel. Clear weather provided opportunity to the Air Force team to carry our ample number of sorties for relief and rescue operations. <br>Image Caption: An army person carries an elderly person during rescue works in flood affected Chennai on Friday. (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: The rescued included both stranded civilians and defence personnel many of whom themselves were unable to move around in the wake of the torrential rains that has pounds the city lately. <br>Image Caption: In this photo provided by the Press Trust of India, a woman who lost a relative in the floods cries as she speaks on the phone at a hospital in Chennai (AP)</br>
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Chennai floods: The Arakonam Naval Base is located 70 kms west of Chennai and has currently been turned into a makeshift airport since the closure of Chennai Airport. Earlier in the day, about 70 students from campuses of SRM University and Vellore Institute of Technology, who had been rescued till yesterday, were flown out from the Base here to Delhi. <br>Image Caption: Army personnel distribute food packets to flood affected people in Chennai on Friday. (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: VIT Vellore students, who were on their way back home after the end of examinations, were also left stranded at the airport and railway stations for several days until civil or defence help arrived. <br>Image Caption: Patients admitted to MIOT Hospital lying on floor following flooding in the area due to heavy rainfal, in Chennai (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: Private airlines have also joined the rescue operations in rain-battered Chennai, with some of the carriers today flying out hundreds of people from here to Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore.<br>Image Caption: People sitting under an overbridge after they were rescued from a flooded locality in rain-hit Chennai (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: The Delhi flight landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at its domestic terminal early tonight. No sooner had the aircraft touched down in the national capital, students and elderly heaved a sigh of relief. The C-17 landed soon after, an official said.<br>Image Caption: Several patients admitted to MIOT Hospital lost their lives due to heavy rainfall which has been occurring over the last few days across Chennai (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: Under attack over alleged non-performance in flood relief and rescue operations, Tamil Nadu government today claimed "extra ordinary" efforts have been put in by various departments which ensured that the damage was minimised. Chief Secretary K Gnadesikan said 3,50,000 people have been rescued by multiple agencies which includes army and police.<br>Image Caption: Volunteers distribute water packets at a relief center in flood-hit Chennai on Friday. (PTI)</br>
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Chennai floods: More than 45,000 government employees from several departments were deployed for rescue efforts, the Chief Secretary said.<br>Soldiers load food items onto an Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper for an air-drop in flood affected areas at Tambaram air force station in Chennai (Reuters)</br>
