Fits flood boards, backflow valves, raised wiring and sump pumps for homes, apartments, shops and small workshops in Chennai's low-lying areas that take water during the northeast monsoon.
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A service that surveys a building and helps it cope with floodwater. Typical jobs include raising electrical sockets and meter boards, fitting removable flood boards at each doorway, gate and shutter, putting one-way valves on drain pipes so sewage cannot back up, installing sump pumps in stilt car parks, and moving stock racks higher in shops and godowns.
NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan for Chennai names drainage as a serious recurring problem and notes that most localities sit at sea level on low-lying, flood-prone land. The city has flooded repeatedly during the northeast monsoon, including parts of the OMR IT corridor where many IT staff live in apartments. Owners who have lost vehicles, furniture and stock want fixes, but rarely find one contractor who handles civil, plumbing and electrical work together.
You need a licensed electrician and a skilled plumber on the team, a small civil crew, basic survey tools and a van. The hard parts are seasonal demand, which peaks around the monsoon, and the fact that no fix works against every flood, so you must be honest about what each job can and cannot protect. Fill the dry months with regular plumbing and electrical repair work.
Get work through resident welfare associations, apartment committees and shop owners' associations, with before-and-after photos of past jobs.
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