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 issue was once raised by way of Singanallur DMK MLA N Karthik who wanted to grasp why the federal government most well-liked a international company to provide water to Coimbatore, that too for 26 years.
As although the minister was once waiting for a chance to elucidate the federal government's place 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 towards privatization of water provide in Coimbatore, the minister stated leader of the opposition M Ok 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 about the ground reality in Coimbatore. The opposition leader has also taken the same message in his statement to criticize the decision to allot the project to a French company Suez Infra. Protests are also being staged against the government for other decisions like on the Chennai-Salem expressway and the Sterlite closure," stated Velumani.
Though Stalin was once present in the assembly when the minister spoke, the leader of the opposition didn't react to the minister's accusations.
The Rs 2,961 crore venture goals to offer water round the clock to 60 wards in Coimbatore corporation. Granting the venture for water provide, considered an crucial service of presidency, to a non-public body has resulted in apprehensions, in particular in regards to the tariff. Residents doubt that after privatised, the corporate would fix water price lists at its will and treat water as a commodity reasonably than a basic amenity.
The issue was once raised by way of Singanallur DMK MLA N Karthik who wanted to grasp why the federal government most well-liked a international company to provide water to Coimbatore, that too for 26 years.
As although the minister was once waiting for a chance to elucidate the federal government's place 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 towards privatization of water provide in Coimbatore, the minister stated leader of the opposition M Ok 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 about the ground reality in Coimbatore. The opposition leader has also taken the same message in his statement to criticize the decision to allot the project to a French company Suez Infra. Protests are also being staged against the government for other decisions like on the Chennai-Salem expressway and the Sterlite closure," stated Velumani.
Though Stalin was once present in the assembly when the minister spoke, the leader of the opposition didn't react to the minister's accusations.
The Rs 2,961 crore venture goals to offer water round the clock to 60 wards in Coimbatore corporation. Granting the venture for water provide, considered an crucial service of presidency, to a non-public body has resulted in apprehensions, in particular in regards to the tariff. Residents doubt that after privatised, the corporate would fix water price lists at its will and treat water as a commodity reasonably than a basic amenity.
Opposition blindly stalling projects for development: S P Velumani
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