Key Points:

• Highways Department to deploy pumps to 54 flood-prone spots on roads across Chennai .
• It has also started desilting its 624-km storm-water drain network under way within in the city limits .
• For one particular location on Inner Ring Road in Kolathur, motor pumps have been permanently kept on either side of the stretch to pump out water .
• Highways Department to deploy pumps to 54 flood-prone spots on roads across Chennai