Some Information Technology companies located on the IT Corridor in Chennai today allowed their employees to work from their homes in view of overnight torrential rains that lashed the city and its suburbs, an industry official said.

The city and its suburbs, experiencing monsoon showers for the last few days, were lashed by heavy rains last night resulting in inundation in several low lying areas, including the IT Corridor or Old Mahabalipuram Road dotted with software firms such as Infoysys and Cognizant.