Preparatory measures for the northeast monsoon will be completed by September in several areas in and around Chennai, said Chief Secretary Shiv Das Meena, on Saturday, May 25, after inspecting several areas in city’s southern areas. He told reporters that the works could even be completed ahead of the deadline.
He inspected the desilting of storm-water drains (SWD) in Subramanian Nagar and Nanganallur, construction of SWD in Kovalam basin in Alandur and Ramanar Street and Irumbuliyur in Chitlapakkam, and desilting of open drains in Guduvanchery’s K.K. Nagar and Lalbahadur Sasthiri Nagar.
He also took stock of the progress of the work in Anakaputhur under the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation, which included the construction of a 27-MLD sewage treatment plant under the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 and Kalmadavu Waterbody Improvement Project under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.
He reviewed the monsoon preparedness works in Pammal, including the desilting of Nadavai Odai. He inspected the construction of a new pond at Polacheri in Ponmar village panchayat under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme 2024-25, the construction of the modern liquefied petroleum gas crematorium under the Nagarpura Mempattu Thittam 2023-24 and the laying of a cement road on Pudhu Street, both in Thiruporur town panchayat.
