Chennai, Aug. 2 -- PMK President and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday urged the ruling TVK to shelve the Mammallan reservoir project, initiated during the previous DMK regime, and safeguard the livelihood of the fishing community andalso protect the environment.
In a statement here, he said reports that the Tamil Nadu government has decided not to abandon the Mamallan Project--initiated during the previous DMK regime as an additional source of drinking water for Chennai city--which could cause irreversible damage to the environment and threaten the livelihoods of 5,000 fishing families living along Chennai's East Coast, are deeply shocking.
It was condemnable that the government, which came to power after assuring the people tha...