Companies around the city have come forward in a bid to help the the Chennai Flood victims.

Chennai is underwater.

The city is witnessing the heaviest downpour in over 100 years. Daily life has been crippled in the city with flooding in numerous roads, neighbourhoods, train tracks and airport runways, along with lack of power supply and transport services. The rains have even triggered delgue in parts of Chennai and its suburbs and Puducherry.

For the first time since 1878, the newspaper The Hindu did not put out a print edition on Wednesday as workers could not access the press. The Army has been deployed in two suburban areas to undertake rescue on a war footing. Many sewage drains gave in under the relentless water logging. CM J Jayalalithaa has said police, fire and rescue, national and state disaster forces and Coast Guard were on standby for need-based evacuation.

Last week she had also said in an NDTV interview, "Losses are unavoidable when there's very heavy rain. Swift rescue and relief alone are indicators of a good government." But debating such comments and playing the blame game will come later, as for the moment, all the focus needs to be concentrated on containing the damage and helping people in desperate need.

Many companies around the city have come forward in a bid to help the the locals.

Popular mobile network service Airtel announced that it will provide free talk time and data packs, among other services for their subscribers.

Cab service Ola Tweeted out a fire department number, with whom they are working, which can be called on by the locals if they are stuck in the rains and need assistance.

#Chennai If you're stuck in rain and need assistance please contact us at 04428294121. We'll do our best to get you home safe. RT #StaySafe — OLA (@Olacabs) December 1, 2015

Please note the no. shared is that of the fire control dept. we're working closely with them and pooling in all our resources to help out. — OLA (@Olacabs) December 1, 2015

Aditya Ghosh, President of IndiGo, tweeted out in support and promised to waive cancellation charges for customers affected by the Chennai floods.

@IndiGo6E will waive cancellation charges and change fees for customers affected by cancellations due to Chennai floods — Aditya Ghosh (@AdityaGhosh6E) December 1, 2015

Deepinder Goyal, CEO of Zomato, announced 'Meal for flood relief' where for every meal a customer buys, Zomato will buy the same for flood victims.

Help get food to those affected by #ChennaiRains. We buy a meal for each one you buy here: https://t.co/YdkHUShX4w pic.twitter.com/956WZg6GuJ — Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) December 2, 2015

Paytm has put out a number where you can call and recharge a friend's phone for free.

BuzzFeed also put out a list of fourteen businesses and institutions that have opened their doors to offer shelter from the floods.

Social media website Twitter has been a crucial tool to reach out to the people affected by the disaster, be it shelter or gathering supplies through crowdsourcing, a dedicated Google spreadsheet and even a website.

At this crucial time, every little bit of help counts.