# Take stringent action against all waterbody encroachments

- ID: P09-D-03#3
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p09-d-03-3 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p09-d-03-3)
- Pillar: 9. World-Class Infrastructure
- Section: D. Urban Development
- Manifesto page: 83
- Stage: Said (Announced, with no money or order yet)
- Last recorded: 5 Jun 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

The government will take stringent action against waterbody encroachments.

## Where it stands

Announced on 5 Jun 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government said it will expedite the removal of waterbody encroachments.

**So far:** Direction to departments to expedite removal of encroachments before the monsoon

**Not yet seen:** Specific details on the stringency or scope of enforcement actions are not provided.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Jun 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 21900: The Chief Minister directed relevant departments to expedite desilting of water bodies and removal of encroachments before the northeast monsoon. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR-P.R.No.176_-_Hon_ble_CM_Press_Release_-_Tamil_Nadu_State_Disaster_Mgnt_Meeting_for_Monsson_preparedness_-_Date.05.06.2026.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.