Chennai sources stated that State Local Administration minister, Mr S P Velumani on Monday assured the Tamilnadu Assembly that metropolitan Chennai's water needs will be met, even as the government was doing everything possible to mitigate the water crisis. When intervening in the debate on the demands for grants for the department under his charge, Mr. Velumani said rainfall had been very low this year, particularly in Chennai, which was the major cause of the problem.

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Furthermore the government was still providing 525 MLD of water per day to the people of Chennai, he said, adding, this arrangement will continue till November when the Northeast monsoon is due. Further he explained that the arrangement for ferrying water to meet the city's needs was from diverse sources like bore-wells, quarry water, Veeranam lake and with all these the supply will be stepped up for Chennai to 880 MLD so that the total water needs of the people could be met. He said now 1,127 lorries were making 11,400 trips to take water to various parts of Chennai daily.



Moreover the minister explained the water projects in detail when DMK member, Nandakumar earlier remarked that what were trending today "is empty pots". Apparently replying to the debate the minister said since January this year, when the plastics ban came into force, 559.49 tonnes of plastic goods had been seized from various parts of Tamilnadu and a total fine amount of Rs.178.54 lakh collected. In Chennai alone, 240 tonnes of plastics were seized.


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