saravana stores chennai

SARAVANA STORES IS THE FIRST NAME SPOKEN OUT BY EVERY ONE IN CHENNAI FOR SHOPPING. IT HAS MANY FLOORS NEARLY 6 OR 7. THERE ARE 2 ELEVATORS WHICH CAN CARRY AROUND 15 PEOPLE. BUT IT IS ALWAYS OVERLOADED WITH PEOPLE AS WELL AS WORKERS. THIS SHOP IS ALWAYS FLOODED WITH PEOPLE . TO OVERCOME EXCESS CROWD , SARAVANA STORES MANAGEMENT HAS SHUFFLED INTO 5 OR 6 SHOPS LIKE SARAVANA STORES,SARAVANA CLOTH STORES,SARAVANA OPTICALS,SARAVANA JEWELLERS ETC... ALMOST EVERY DAY LOOKS LIKE FESTIVAL DAY IN RANGANATHAN STREET, DUE TO HEAVY CROWD FLOATING TO SARAVANA STORES.
TODAY EARLY MORNING AROUND 6.10 A.M HUGE FIRE OUTBROKE IN THE SARAVANA CLOTH STORES BUILDING. THE BLACK SMOKE AND RED FLUMES FROM THE BUILDING WAS SEEN FROM THE MAIN ROAD. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 50 CRORES RUPEES LOSS FOR SARAVANA STORES. ALSO IT WAS TOLD THAT FURNITURE AND THINGS IN SARAVANA STORES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. AS THE FIRE BROKE EARLY IN THE MORNING, NO HUMAN LOSS. ONLY 15 WORKERS ARE WORKING INSIDE. BUT NO HARM TO THESE WORKERS.THEY ARE SAFE.
ALL THE SHOPS ARE CLOSED TODAY. MANY FIRE ENGINES ARE STILL WORKING TO STOP THE FIRE. ALL THE POLICE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT THE REASON FOR THE FIRE IN SARAVANA. SARAVANA STORES HAS A CANTEEN ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE BUILDING. EVERY ONE WHO GOES FOR SHOOPING, WILL DEFINETLY KEEP SHOPPING FROM MORNING TO NIGHT, SO DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF CANTEEN EVERY ONE GOES TO CANTEEN. THIS CANTEEN MIGHT BE A REASON FOR FIRE, BUT I AM NOT SURE OF THE REASON FOR FIRE.
NOT ONLY FROM CHENNAI, BUT FROM ALL STATES LIKE ANDHRA PRADESH,KERALA AND KARNATAKA KEEP COMING FOR SHOPPING IN SARAVANA FOR HUGE PURCHASES. MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE COMPARITIVELY CHEAPER IN SARAVANA. ALL ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE IN THIS SHOP. EVERY ONE FEELS SHOPPING IN SARAVANA IS A GREAT ADVENTURE, AS WE HAVE TO PUSH AND GO INSIDE THE SHOP. SOMETIMES WE FEEL SUFFOCATING IN THIS SHOP. EVERY ONE FEEL THE SAME,BUT NO ONE CAN STOP GOING INSIDE INSPITE OF HEAVY CROWD,ESPECIALL Y THE AADI SALE SEASON IN AUGUST MONTH.
THANK GOD THAT THIS FIRE ACCIDENT DIN'T HAPPEN IN THE WORKING HOURS,AS THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE HUMAN LOSS . THIS IS THE SHOCKING NEWS FOR EVERY ONE IN SOUTH INDIA.

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