# 5 coastal cities will get flood prevention infrastructure

- ID: P08-B-02#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p08-b-02-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p08-b-02-2)
- Pillar: 8. Healthcare and Environment
- Section: B. Protecting Tamil Nadu's Future: Environmental, Forest, and Climate Change Concerns
- Manifesto page: 75
- Stage: First steps (Work started, a pilot, or a small start)
- Last recorded: 5 Oct 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

Flood prevention infrastructure will be created in 5 coastal cities including Chennai.

## Where it stands

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 release · DIPR press release 22674: Authorities must accelerate and complete ongoing stormwater drain works in Chennai Corporation areas. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.794-MA___WS_Dept-North_East_Monsoon_Preparedness_Work-Press_Release-Date_05.10.2026.pdf))
- 5 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22452: The government is undertaking improvement works on the 4th block canal in Perungudi at a cost of 8.68 crore rupees. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.623_-_CS__Press_Release_-__GCC_Inspection_-_Date.05.09.2026.pdf))
- 5 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22452: The government is undertaking improvement works on the 1st block canal in Mylai Balaji Nagar at a cost of 6.48 crore rupees. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.623_-_CS__Press_Release_-__GCC_Inspection_-_Date.05.09.2026.pdf))
- 5 Sep 2026 · Press release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.623_-_CS__Press_Release_-__GCC_Inspection_-_Date.05.09.2026.pdf))

> 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.