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5 coastal cities will get flood prevention infrastructure
Promised in the manifesto
Flood prevention infrastructure will be created in 5 coastal cities including Chennai.
From the manifesto: Inbam (Joy) › 8. Healthcare and Environment › B. Protecting Tamil Nadu's Future: Environmental, Forest, and Climate Change Concerns, see page 75
Where it standsFirst steps
First steps taken on 5 Sep 2026.
The government started stormwater drain construction works in Chennai.
So far
Ongoing stormwater drain construction in Chennai
Not yet seen
Infrastructure work for four other coastal cities has not yet begun.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 5 Oct 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22674
- Authorities must accelerate and complete ongoing stormwater drain works in Chennai Corporation areas.
- 5 Sep 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22452
- The government is constructing a stormwater drain in the Tidal Park area at a cost of 13.52 crore rupees to divert rainwater from Iit to the Buckingham Canal.
- The government is undertaking improvement works on the 4th block canal in Perungudi at a cost of 8.68 crore rupees.
- The government is undertaking improvement works on the 1st block canal in Mylai Balaji Nagar at a cost of 6.48 crore rupees.
Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.
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