Delay in reaching Jayalalithaa led to 2015 Chennai floods, charges TN Finance Minister
The Hindu
Former CM Palaniswami, however, said when water bodies were full during the rainy season, local officials could decide on the release of water as there was no need to get permission from anyone
The issue of the release of water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir in December 2015 that led to the historic flooding in Chennai resurfaced in Tamil Nadu Assembly on Monday with State Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan alleging that "a break and interjection" in contacting the then chief minister Jayalalithaa resulted in the disaster. Recalling a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Mr. Rajan said Tamil Nadu State Disaster Management Committee had not met even once in three years until 2015. "The government was not able to evolve regulations," he said while responding to former chief minister Edappadi K. Palniswami's argument that 60 cm rain in a single day was responsible for the 2015 flooding.
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