Chennai: Local our bodies and municipal management minister S P Velumani on Thursday hit out at the Opposition, charging it with blindly opposing all developmental initiatives in the state.
The factor was once raised via Singanallur DMK MLA N Karthik who sought after to grasp why the federal government most popular a foreign corporate to provide water to Coimbatore, that too for 26 years.
As regardless that the minister was once waiting for a chance to explain the federal government’s position at the venture, Velumani justified the federal government’s stand to such lengths that ministers and Opposition MLAs began to get restless.
Reacting to accusations levelled in opposition to privatisation of water provide in Coimbatore, the minister said chief of the Opposition M K Stalin was once quoting a WhatsApp message from a person from Kundrathur, at the outskirts of Chennai, to oppose the venture.
“What does a Chennaiite know concerning the ground fact in Coimbatore. The Opposition chief has also taken the same message in his commentary to criticise the decision to allot the venture to a French corporate Suez Infra. Protests also are being staged in opposition to the federal government for different decisions like at the Chennai-Salem parkway and the Sterlite closure,” said Velumani.
Though Stalin was once present in the meeting when the minister spoke, the chief of the Opposition didn't react to the minister’s accusations.
The Rs 2,961-crore venture aims to offer water round-the-clock to 60 wards in the Coimbatore corporation. Granting the venture for water provide, considered an essential service of government, to a private frame has led to apprehensions, specifically the tariff. Residents doubt that after privatised, the company would repair water tariffs at its will and deal with water as a commodity relatively than a basic amenity.
“Suez is a well known corporate worldwide. It is present in 53 nations and in Chennai, the Chembarambakkam lake is maintained via it and the contract was once awarded via the DMK govt in 1999,” said Velumani.
The minister clarified fixing tariff and amassing it will be prerogative of Coimbatore corporation. “The corporate won't in any respect collect water charges. The accrued money shall be deposited in the corporation account,” he said.
The factor was once raised via Singanallur DMK MLA N Karthik who sought after to grasp why the federal government most popular a foreign corporate to provide water to Coimbatore, that too for 26 years.
As regardless that the minister was once waiting for a chance to explain the federal government’s position at the venture, Velumani justified the federal government’s stand to such lengths that ministers and Opposition MLAs began to get restless.
Reacting to accusations levelled in opposition to privatisation of water provide in Coimbatore, the minister said chief of the Opposition M K Stalin was once quoting a WhatsApp message from a person from Kundrathur, at the outskirts of Chennai, to oppose the venture.
“What does a Chennaiite know concerning the ground fact in Coimbatore. The Opposition chief has also taken the same message in his commentary to criticise the decision to allot the venture to a French corporate Suez Infra. Protests also are being staged in opposition to the federal government for different decisions like at the Chennai-Salem parkway and the Sterlite closure,” said Velumani.
Though Stalin was once present in the meeting when the minister spoke, the chief of the Opposition didn't react to the minister’s accusations.
The Rs 2,961-crore venture aims to offer water round-the-clock to 60 wards in the Coimbatore corporation. Granting the venture for water provide, considered an essential service of government, to a private frame has led to apprehensions, specifically the tariff. Residents doubt that after privatised, the company would repair water tariffs at its will and deal with water as a commodity relatively than a basic amenity.
“Suez is a well known corporate worldwide. It is present in 53 nations and in Chennai, the Chembarambakkam lake is maintained via it and the contract was once awarded via the DMK govt in 1999,” said Velumani.
The minister clarified fixing tariff and amassing it will be prerogative of Coimbatore corporation. “The corporate won't in any respect collect water charges. The accrued money shall be deposited in the corporation account,” he said.
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