For the better part of the year, rivers Palar and Thenpennaiyar navigate through sandbars. Monsoon means the trickle turns into a flow. This year, the rivers have been swelling, pushing against homes along their banks, inundating localities and leaving behind a trail of destruction.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-when-deluge-came-on-the-dry-palar/articleshow/87902029.cms