Chennai floods halt newspaper publication

Calamities paralyse the affected area in more ways than one. Chennai and the several coastal areas of the state have been marooned in flood waters since December 1.

04 Dec 2015 | By PrintWeek India

This caused The Hindu in Chennai to halt printing for the first time since 1878. Malini Parthasarathy, editor, The Hindu, tweeted that while the Chennai plant located in Maraimalainagar was shut down, all the other editions of the daily were printed as per schedule. This included the recently launched Mumbai edition.
 
In his statement to a broadcaster, N Murali, publisher, The Hindu said, ”Our Maraimalainagar township was not accessible for the people who run the plant. So, none of our staff could reach the plant. It is located about 30kms (18 miles) from the city in Maraimalainagar. Even if we had printed the paper, I doubt if it could have been distributed in the city."
 
According to reports, consequently, Wednesday's print editions of The Hindu in Chennai, Vellore, Puducherry and Tirupati were cancelled considering the safety of the employees.
 
The Chennai edition of dailies like Times of India were also halted due to inaccessibility and water logging.