CM seeks funds, project approvals from PM
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Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday in search of monetary help for the injury brought on throughout cyclones ‘Nivar’ and ‘Burevi’, funds for the Chennai Metro Rail project and approval for flight companies between Chennai and Salem below the UDAN scheme. Expediting of river linking tasks was among the many different calls for the Chief Minister had made.
The Chief Minister knowledgeable the Prime Minister that the 2 cyclones, Nivar and Burevi, and the unprecedented rain in January 2021 had aggravated the monetary stress on the State which had sanctioned ₹2,615 crore as on January 13, 2021 below the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
At current there was a deficit steadiness of ₹1,255 crore below the SDRF, he mentioned and requested Mr. Modi to think about the discharge of Central Financial Assistance to the tune of ₹1,200 crore instantly to supply reduction to the individuals of the State.
Fishermen concern
Mr. Palaniswami additionally requested the Prime Minister to direct the Ministry of External Affairs to urgently talk about with Sri Lankan authorities concerning the launch of 12 Indian fishermen and all mechanised fishing boats that are of their custody.
He urged Mr. Modi to instruct the Jal Shakti Minister to finalise the report for the Godavari-Cauvery hyperlink phase-I project and take up the work on precedence foundation in order that the southern States may benefit from the inter-basin switch of floodwater. He additionally sought approval and monetary help for the Cauvery-Gundar linkage project on a precedence foundation and wished it to be thought of a nationwide project. An enchantment was made to think about the Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery project as a particular project just like the Namami Gange programme and lengthen monetary help to the tune of ₹713.39 crore on the earliest.
The Chief Minister additionally requested Mr. Modi’s intervention for the early approval of the Chennai Metro Rail phase-II project below a 50:50 fairness mannequin. The phase-II will cowl 118.9 km at an estimated value of ₹61,843 crore.
Flight to Salem
Mr. Palaniswami mentioned there was just one morning flight from Chennai to Salem and enterprise travellers have been put to hardship due to this. Either that they had to make use of various modes of transport or journey to Coimbatore to take a flight.
The work on the Salem airport for evening touchdown of plane had been accomplished, he mentioned and requested the Prime Minister to instruct the Ministry of Civil Aviation to function a night or evening return flight from Chennai to Salem. Introduction of direct flights between Coimbatore International Airport and Dubai was one other demand the Chief Minister had made.
He additionally sought monetary help for the proposed Bulk Drug Park and Medical Devices Park in Tiruvallur and Kancheepuram districts respectively. Approval for at the very least two mega textile parks for the State, fixing of a Minimum Support Price for milling copra at ₹150 per kg for the 2021 season, expediting proposals for the event of Vellapallam fishing harbour and fish touchdown centres in 18 small fishing harbours within the State and the organising of the defence industrial hall have been among the many calls for the Chief Minister had made within the memorandum.
