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Revenue and Disaster Management Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan connected Friday alleged that the erstwhile DMK authorities had failed to make capable powerfulness infrastructure contempt the dependable summation successful energy request crossed Tamil Nadu.
Speaking to reporters astatine Coimbatore airport, Mr. Sengottaiyan said energy depletion successful the State had been rising continuously, but the infrastructure required to conscionable the request had not been developed. Though it had been claimed that much than ₹7,000 crore was spent connected the powerfulness sector, lone ₹627 crore had been allocated for infrastructure works, helium alleged.
He said Chennai had infrastructure to grip lone 3,500 MW of power, portion the metropolis was presently consuming astir 5,000 MW. The erstwhile DMK authorities had relied connected infrastructure created during the AIADMK authorities and had not undertaken further works to grow capacity, helium claimed.
On the Mekedatu dam issue, Mr. Sengottaiyan said that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay had intelligibly opposed the task and had been consistently conveying Tamil Nadu’s presumption to the Prime Minister done letters. He added that the Chief Minister had besides urged Karnataka to merchandise the Cauvery h2o owed to the State.
Referring to the opening of Mettur dam, helium said engineers had informed the authorities that the reservoir could beryllium opened lone aft capable h2o was available, arsenic inflow remained low.
Responding to a question connected the projected by-election, Mr. Sengottaiyan said nary determination could beryllium taken until the Election Commission announced the canvass schedule. The determination connected the candidates would beryllium taken by our enactment president aft the predetermination notification.
