regarding clutch plates:
while the locals were busy applying chains on the cars around,
I heard someone saying that put chains on this car (my car) too as it had got this smell from clutch.
later i agreed to use the chains too but the car was not moving with chains, reason is still not known to me.
It was either very less clearance between tyres n body or may be chains getting stucked with shocks, as they doubted.
So i had to remove the chains...