Sea water intrudes into Chennai neighbourhood, houses damaged

A number of houses were seriously damaged and a couple of them flattened here at a fishing neighbourhood abutting the shore following intrusion of sea water over the past one week, residents said today.

Ruling AIADMK local MLA and former Tamil Nadu Director General of Police, R Nataraj, who inspected the affected area, said only "23 houses were damaged."
"In previous years, only a few houses were damaged," he told PTI and claimed that "this year the count has gone up to 35."
"I don't have a proper place to park my catamaran and dry my fishing gear and nets."
Jayaraman, another fisherman living in a housing board tenement, backed his demand, saying "the government should provide relief to the affected fishermen families."