New Delhi

Extremely heavy rainfall is expected to occur over Tamil Nadu on November 10-11, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday.

Following intense rainfall and waterlogging on Sunday, schools and colleges in the Tamil Nadu capital and 22 other districts will remain shut today.

"Since morning there is no power supply in our locality. I tried calling the call centre numbers to complain several times and every time I heard the recorded voice saying that you are the caller number 101, 96, 85 and later the line got disconnected," residents of Mylapore told media.

"However, one should praise the Aavin and the milk delivery woman for bringing the milk packet as usual," she added.

Officials of Greater Chennai Corporation, fire service, police and others are in the process of pumping out the stagnant water to provide respite for the people.

Many suburban areas are under water and public transport has been affected in some areas.

The Greater Chennai Corporation has supplied about 3.36 lakh food packets to those affected by the rains. The food is being cooked at 15 kitchens. Medical camps and vaccination camps were also being organised in all the 200 divisions in Chennai.

For the second day in succession, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and his cabinet colleagues visited several rain hit localities and supervised the rain relief operations.