CM Stalin returns from ‘break’, reviews flood mitigation works
Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday reviewed the flood mitigation works taken up in Chennai and many districts of the state, which witnessed heavy rainfall during the last week.
Chief Minister Stalin reviewed the flood mitigation and management works with state Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan and Local Administration Minister KN Nehru among his cabinet colleagues at the Secretariat on Thursday morning.
Returning from nearly four-day long rest owing to mild fever, the Chief Minister was understood to have inquired about the status of the storm water drain projects being executed in many parts of the city. A few months into his maiden term as Chief Minister, Stalin had assured to undertake elaborate flood mitigation works in the city during the peak of northeast monsoon when the city had suffered heavy flooding and inundation, mainly in the pockets of central Chennai, including the CM’s Kolathur constituency.
Local Administration has reportedly engaged agencies to monitor and expedite the execution of storm water drain projects in the city with the Corporation more than doubling the size of drains to increase the carrying capacity of drains and reduce waterlogging.
Meanwhile, Water Resources Minister Duraimurugan was learned to have briefed the
CM about the interaction with the Union Jal Shakthi Minister. Duraimurugan had led a delegation of legislature party leaders to the national capital and conveyed the sentiments of the state people to the Centre on the Mekadatu dam issue. The state government has been urging the Union government to not allow the construction on balancing reservoir across Cauvery River.
The meeting of the Cauvery Water Management Authority scheduled for this week was deferred to next month.