Chennai rains: Over 130 citizens, 2 foreigners flown to Delhi

December 04, 2015 21:56

Around 130 people including over 60 university students and an old French couple were flown to Delhi from here today after they were taken to safety by a coordinated team of defence and NDRF personnel.

Clear weather provided an opportunity to the Air Force team to carry our greater number of sorties for relief and rescue operations.

"About 70 students from campuses of SRM University and Vellore Institute of Technology, who had been rescued till yesterday, were today flown out from Arakonnam Base to Delhi. They were assembled at the Tambaram Air Base, from where they were first flown to Arakonnam by Mi-14 choppers, in batches of 20," a senior IAF official told PTI.

Many students of city-based SRM University and VIT Chennai campus, both of which were badly-hit by the torrential rains, especially the one that took place a few days ago, were left stranded on the upper floors of their hostels.

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.

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