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Blaming the DMK authorities for mediocre readying of the post-Ditwah cyclone rehabilitation measures and nonaccomplishment successful implementation, erstwhile Revenue and Disaster Management Minister and AIADMK MLA R. B. Udayakumar said that the flooding and h2o inundation successful Chennai and different bluish districts could person been handled efficiently.
Speaking to media persons present connected Wednesday, helium said that normally, the authorities should beryllium prepared from October to look the challenges that whitethorn erupt during the northeast monsoon, which extends up to December. Pointing retired the flaws successful handling the Ditwah cyclone, helium said the authorities slowed down its activities arsenic it was centred successful Sri Lanka.
When the torrential rains deed the State capital, the execution by the officials astatine the crushed showed that they were not prepared to look the consequences, helium charged and added that successful galore low-lying areas, connection to the archetypal responders were missing.
When asked astir the government’s assertion that the tempest h2o drains were acceptable and that determination would not beryllium immoderate waterlogging, helium didn’t privation to beryllium drawn into authorities astatine this juncture. The radical would cognize for themselves astir the world and the claims.
Since the past 3 days, galore zones, particularly North Chennai remained nether h2o oregon determination were complaints of stagnation. Close monitoring of each portion with elder officials led by a Monitoring Officer would person solved the hardships faced by the communal man.
The erstwhile Minister said that during their regime, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the past Chief Minister, had insisted connected recognition of low-lying areas successful the opening itself. “This helped america to springiness much attraction to those areas. The readiness helped successful moving radical successful distress to the alleviation centres swiftly”, helium recalled.
The AIADMK, helium said, was not funny successful uncovering responsibility with the authoritative machinery astatine specified a juncture, but, erstwhile radical were suffering, arsenic a liable absorption party, they had to gully the attraction of the government. With Mr Palaniswami having directed the partymen to assistance the needy people, helium said that they person begun to supply assistance successful galore districts.
Insufficient relief
Responding to the alleviation of ₹20,000 per hectare for cultivation crops announced by the DMK government, which had been damaged owed to rains successful October, Mr Udayakumar said that it was miniscule sum. When a husbandman had spent ₹30,000 per acre, specified paltry sum arsenic alleviation would successful nary mode assistance the ryots.
Apart from the bluish districts of Tamil Nadu, a ample country successful delta districts had submerged nether water. The officials should instrumentality steps connected a war-footing to drain the h2o and pump them first, which whitethorn assistance prevention the lasting harvest to immoderate extent.
Secondly, helium said that the authorities should expedite the process of getting claims to the farmers from the security companies without delay. This wealth would assistance the farmers to commencement preparing for the adjacent season. Thus, different than the authorities relief, the claims should besides beryllium settled astatine the earliest.
He recalled that during the AIADMK regime, they had got astir ₹11,000 crore arsenic claims from security companies to the farmers during specified a earthy calamity particularly erstwhile Gaja cyclone deed the State.
