Rescue and relief operations continued in full swing in Chennai with over a 100 people taken to safety by teams of Army, IAF and NDRF, including a seven-month pregnant woman who was airlifted today from one of the worst-affected areas in the flooded city.


"We sent about 120 rescued people to Delhi carried by a C-130J (Super Hercules) this morning and another 20 have been sent to Arakonnam, from where they will fly out in different aircraft," a senior IAF official said.


Among those evacuated were 50 stranded students from SRM University. With heavy rains lashing the capital city, especially in the last three days, several areas are inundated, with water reaching up to almost second storey in certain areas.


"We are fully prepared to tackle this situation and carrying out regular sorties. We performed several relief and recce sorties today, as we have to save those who are badly stranded as well as give food items to those who are stuck in their homes," Air Commodore Rippon Gupta said at the Tamabaram Air Base, nearly 30 kms from here.


Sukanya (29), who is seven months pregnant, along with her three-year-old child was airlifted from her home in Medumbakkam, near Guindy, one of the worst-affected areas in Chennai.


She was brought Tambaram Air Base in a Chetak helicopter, and then immediately taken to the Base Hospital. "We moved to the fourth floor of our house as the first and the second floor have become inundated. There is no electricity in our area for the last two days.


"We had lost all hope until they rescued us today," she told PTI. "My husband will come after me and we are planning to go to Kanchipuram, where my parents are waiting," she said.


Pic: This picture was emailed by Chennai resident Yashwanth Daniel. That amazing woman smiling despite the horrors that the city is facing, is his wife.