Chennai, Dec 9:
DMK government led by Chief Minister MK Stalin is the sole reason for the untold hardships faced by the people because it failed to take appropriate precautionary steps, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Friday.
Talking to reporters after inspecting flood hit areas, Edappadi Palaniswami said, ‘The normal life of the people has been greatly affected due to rain and floods. Food, milk, drinking water are not available in several areas. When it rained heavily during the AIADMK regime, we planned and acted. He said that the people in the suburbs are being severely affected.”
“During AIADMK regime, though devastation owing to rain and cyclone was huge, the government reduced the sufferings of the people to a great extent through precautionary steps.
Around six lakh trees had fallen and people could not move back then. Now, the cyclone impact is not that severe, but rain has wrecked havoc. But the government is unable to provide relief to people in time and so, there are protests in various places.
Flood prevention works to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore was originally initiated by the AIADMK government for laying stormwater drains covering 2,400 km and of that, works were completed in 1,240 km by getting funds from ADB and World Bank. But the DMK government delayed its implementation and that led to water stagnation. The government should come out with a white paper on flood prevention works undertaken so far.”
Palaniswami also said he held discussions with party office-bearers in Chennai and neighbouring districts about relief works to be done by the AIADMK.
