‘Chennai’ s alcohol consumption water system will be impacted’: Stalin to Jagan on dam proposition
Any brand-new storage tank building throughout the Kosasthalaiyar river will seriously influence the alcohol consumption water system to Chennai, TN CM Stalin claimed in a letter to his Andhra Pradesh equivalentJagan
File Photo of Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan with Tamil Nadu CM Stalin
The Tamil Nadu government has actually flagged its issue over the proposition of adjoining Andhra Pradesh to build storage tanks throughout the Kosasthalaiyar river, stating it would certainly influence Chennai’s alcohol consumption water leads. In a letter to his Andhra equivalent YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin claimed “it is learnt” that the government of Andhra Pradesh has actually accepted the building of 2 storage tanks throughout the river, near Mukkalakandigai and also Katharapalli towns in Chittoor area. “This step has caused great anguish among the people living in areas in and around Chennai, who depend on the river for drinking water and to a small extent for irrigation,” he claimed. The letter was launched to the media on Saturday, August 13. .
The Kosasthalaiyar river container and also the river are inter-state in nature. The river container covers a complete location of 3,727 sq kilometres of which 877 sq kilometres depends on Andhra Pradesh et cetera inTamil Nadu The Poondi storage tank in the state was created throughout the river, which is an essential resource of alcohol consumption water system to theChennai Metropolitan Area “Any such construction of new reservoirs across the river, its tributaries or sub-tributaries will affect the inflows into Poondi reservoir. This will seriously affect the drinking water supply to Chennai city and the water supply in the upper reaches. In addition, it will also impact irrigation in that area, thereby affecting the livelihood of the farmers,” Stalin wrote. “Being an inter-state river, the top riparian state can not prepare or provide authorization or construct any kind of brand-new framework throughout Kosasthalaiyar without the approval of the reduced riparian state. Hence, it is unsatisfactory that such an action has actually been taken, which will certainly have a considerable unfavorable influence on our State, specifically on Chennai and also its north residential areas,” Stalin informed Jagan in the letter.
He ‘highly’ prompted the Andhra Chief Minister to advise the authorities worried not to proceed with the above job as well as additionally not to use up any kind of brand-new ones in the Kosasthalaiyar river container location inAndhra Pradesh “Considering the sensitivity of the issue, I request your immediate personal intervention,” Stalin included.
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The Kosasthalaiyar river container and also the river are inter-state in nature. The river container covers a complete location of 3,727 sq kilometres of which 877 sq kilometres depends on Andhra Pradesh et cetera inTamil Nadu The Poondi storage tank in the state was created throughout the river, which is an essential resource of alcohol consumption water system to theChennai Metropolitan Area “Any such construction of new reservoirs across the river, its tributaries or sub-tributaries will affect the inflows into Poondi reservoir. This will seriously affect the drinking water supply to Chennai city and the water supply in the upper reaches. In addition, it will also impact irrigation in that area, thereby affecting the livelihood of the farmers,” Stalin wrote. “Being an inter-state river, the top riparian state can not prepare or provide authorization or construct any kind of brand-new framework throughout Kosasthalaiyar without the approval of the reduced riparian state. Hence, it is unsatisfactory that such an action has actually been taken, which will certainly have a considerable unfavorable influence on our State, specifically on Chennai and also its north residential areas,” Stalin informed Jagan in the letter.
He ‘highly’ prompted the Andhra Chief Minister to advise the authorities worried not to proceed with the above job as well as additionally not to use up any kind of brand-new ones in the Kosasthalaiyar river container location inAndhra Pradesh “Considering the sensitivity of the issue, I request your immediate personal intervention,” Stalin included.
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