Chennai, Nov 8 (BPNS)

The S-8 Adambakkam police station in Chennai was shifted temporarily to a house nearby after the station was inundated in water following heavy rains.

The station is now relocated at New Colony Second street, Adambakkam.

The station is three feet below the ground level and was totally inundated in water. The station has been functioning at a building located on New Colony Main road for the last few years and 40 police personal were working in this station. It is one of the busiest police stations in the St Thomas Mount police districts in the city.

Valarmathi, Inspector of Police while speaking to media persons said, “ The station is three feet below the ground level and during rains, water enters the station and the building is also leaky. After incessant rains for the past two days, the station is full of water and on the directions from senior officers we have shifted our station to a nearby home to serve the public.”