As the first step towards chalking out a plan to prevent flooding and inundation in low-level areas in and around Chennai during the monsoon, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday visited some localities to take stock of the situation.
He visited Pallikaranai, Okkiam Maduvu and Muttukadu, accompanied by Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister R.B. Udhayakumar and Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam.
Speaking to reporters later, Mr. Palaniswami said a permanent solution would be found to flooding at Semmenchery, Perumbakkam, Madipakkam, Pallikaranai, Perungudi and Velachery.
Surplus rainwater from Semmenchery, Perumbakkam, Pallikaranai, Perungudi and Velachery in south Chennai would drain into the mangrove at Pallikaranai and then into Buckingham Canal, he said, adding that new habitations had come up on 80% of the areas at Ram Nagar, Madipakkam and Velachery since 2004.
He said steps were being taken to channelise excess rainwater…