Tamil Nadu rains: Plight of people will continue if authorities do not act

Panneerselvam and Palaniswami blamed the state government for lack of planning ahead of the monsoon and untimely works

In a reprise of the 2015 situation, a heavy spell of rain and subsequent waterlogging created havoc in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu last week. What followed was politics.

An exchange took place between Chief Minister M K Stalin and AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam and Edappadi K Palaniswami, both former chief ministers, on the implementation of Smart City projects in the state.

The trigger was a Madras High Court observation: “For half the year we are made to cry for water and for another half we are made to die in water.”

Leading relief work in the city, Stalin alleged the