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Domestic Flights and Trains Resume Services in Chennai

Chennai: Relief personnel rescue people from water logged areas after fresh rain lashes Chennai on Dec 2, 2015. (Photo: IANS)

Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) Domestic flights from Chennai airport started on Sunday after four days of shutdown due to heavy flooding of its runway, an official said.

"The airport is now open for domestic day flights. We are hoping that international flights will be operational from Monday," an official told IANS.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will review the situation for night operations.

Budget airline IndiGo on Sunday said it will resume partial flight operations to Chennai on the Bengaluru-Chennai-Mumbai-Delhi sectors.

Regular train services resumed on Sunday from Chennai Central and Chennai Egmore stations after days of disruption due to floods, the Southern Railway said.

The trains which will ply on Sunday include the Chennai-New Delhi Grand Trunk Express, Chennai-Mysore Kaveri Express and Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express.

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