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Build advanced stormwater drains in flood-prone cities
Promised in the manifesto
Advanced stormwater drains will be established in flood-prone cities including Chennai.
From the manifesto: Inbam (Joy) › 9. World-Class Infrastructure › D. Urban Development, see page 83
Where it standsFirst steps
First steps taken on 5 Sep 2026.
The government started building stormwater drains in specific areas of Chennai at a cost of 73 crore and 13.52 crore rupees.
So far
Drain construction in Tidal Park and Pallikaranai marshland areas
Not yet seen
The work seen is in specific Chennai locations; the promise covers all flood-prone cities.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 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 Chennai Metro Rail Corporation is executing a stormwater drain project worth 73 crore rupees to connect Pallikaranai marshland water to the Buckingham Canal.
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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