‘Climate change is drastic, we have to be ready for heavy rain’

With unseasonal rain in June and July filling up waterbodies in and around the city, Greater Chennai Corporation Mayor R. Priya says the civic body has been busy desilting storm-water drains and coordinating with the Water Resources Department to clean canals. Instructions have been given to set up thrice as many shelters as last year with on-site kitchens for easy food distribution, she says