Rains make news in parched, sizzling Chennai… but has it been enough? Are there other plans to mitigate the water crisis in the city? That and more headlines from the city over the week gone by.
Alagaapuram R Mohanraj, former deputy opposition leader, is contesting elections from Chennai North constituency on a DMDK ticket. In this interview, he discusses his plans for the constituency and the role played by Vijayakanth in the party.
The operational and maintenance cost of the two functional desalination plants is exorbitant, while it is possible to procure the same yield in the form of treated water from lakes, ponds and quarries at one fourth the cost. Why, then, is Chennai looking at a third plant?
