Rush to repair vehicles damaged in the floods begins

Within the final two days, many mechanics within the metropolis have been continuously getting calls from clients searching for to restore their automobiles broken within the floods.

B. Saravanan, who has been working an car store in T. Nagar for greater than 20 years now, mentioned he had been receiving quite a few calls from residents in T. Nagar, G.N. Chetty Highway and West Mambalam. “I needed to flip down many requests as a result of I’m not capable of deal with so many at a time. However fortunately, many of the repairs, are usually not very main ones. Many vehicles want some minor brake and clutch repairs. These will value anyplace between ₹5,000-₹7,000,” he says. Main drawback arises when water reaches the petrol or diesel tank or the engine itself and it could be fairly costly to repair it, he added.

However the variety of calls have been a lot much less in comparison with 2015. And the repairs too, have been largely not severe, the mechanics mentioned. Suresh R, who personal an car service station in Kolathur, mentioned residents from not simply Kolathur, which was one of many worst flood-hit areas this time, however these from Koyambedu and Madhavaram too referred to as him. “I received over 50 calls, however I may do water injury repairs for 10 automobiles thus far as a result of I don’t have enough manpower as most of my employees haven’t returned from the Deepavali vacation,” he mentioned .

Mechanics in Alwarpet and West Mambalam mentioned that they had been getting lots of of calls as many didn’t anticipate such an enormous flooding over a brief span of time.

Many residents in Velachery determined to park their automobiles on the flyover and a few of their workplace areas.

S. Karthik, who has a automobile service station in Ramapuram mentioned, “I had a couple of purchasers for whom I took the automobiles from the underground car parking zone and took it to my storage in order that they’re protected. Many mechanics did it for his or her clients and stationed the automobiles in safer locations,” he added.