Title - Exodus from Chennai continues on third consecutive day

CHENNAI: The flow of passengers to the northeast from Chennai continued on Saturday, but the numbers had reduced. Official sources said more than 5,000 people left the city in the past three days.On Friday night, eight coaches were attached to three special trains from Bangalore to the northeast, but no special train started from Chennai. Besides workers from Bangalore and Chennai, people from the northeast living in Coimbatore, Kumbakonam, Tirupur and Kerala continued to come, though in fewer numbers, to board trains home, said a senior railway official.Chennai police commissioner J K Tripathy said those who couldn't board trains on Friday were accommodated in regular services bound for Guwahati, Patna and Kolkata.The flow of passengers was being monitored. "We are doing everything possible in coordination with the Government Railway Police (GRP) and Railway Protection Force (RPF)," he said. With the number of people arriving from Bangalore decreasing, Southern Railways did not announce any special trains on Saturday.