Government Assurance Committee tours through Dharmapuri

The circuit of the Government Assurance Committee of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly was interrupted by the aggrieved nationalist owed to the discharge of sewage into Sanathkumar water present connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026).

Earlier, the Committee was touring done assorted parts of the territory and reviewing the presumption of assurances and complaints. They arrived astatine Madhikonpalayam wherever complaints of sewage discharge by the Municipality into Sanathkumar water had already been raised and the nationalist blocked the Committee, flagging the issue. According to the residents of Madhikonpalayam and Rajapettai, the sewage discharge had led to drinking h2o contamination, causing wellness hazard.

Mr. Velmurugan instantly summoned the territory Pollution Control Board officials and asked for illustration postulation and testing. He besides instructed the Dharmapuri Municipality Commissioner to instrumentality enactment and forestall sewage discharge into the lake.

The Committee besides inspected the recently constructed maternity and kid wellness ward astatine Pennagaram authorities infirmary and besides inspected the Thoppur ghat wherever a new, raised roadworthy is being constructed to forestall accidents successful the accident-prone stretch.