Listen in to what Tamil Nadu Revenue minister KKSSR Ramachandran has to say about the rain situation in the state.
He says IMD has predicted heavy rains for Nov 9-11 and the govt is undertaking measures to prevent loss of life, provide shelter to those affected by rains etc.
Sydenhams road, Periamet. This road is barely meters away from the Chennai Corporation office.
These visuals are from the State Emergency Control Room in Chennai.
Principal Secretary Phanindra Reddy IAS told @Ahmedshabbir20 that they are tracking real time updates of IMD and translating it into actionable points and sending it to districts.
Thillai Nagar, Kolathur. Yesterday Chief Minister MK Stalin had visited this area (this is also his assembly constituency) for inspection and also to provide relief items to people. They are now using a motor to pump out the water.
Selvi Nagar, Kolathur. Water has entered homes in this area. The owner of this house and his wife are now staying and sleeping at their vegetable shop nearby.
Listen in to what Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi has to say about the situation on ground and the steps taken by the Corporation to drain out water and help affected people.
Cars are still parked here at Velachery bridge in Chennai. Lessons learnt from 2015 floods. Several cars, including luxury cars, were damaged during that time.
A portion of the road in Perambur caved in and an under construction wall of an apartment complex also collapsed. @Ahmedshabbir20 reports.
Visuals from Marina beach in Chennai. Food stalls, play area for kids etc waterlogged. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea for the next couple of days.
All schools functioning under various departments like Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare, Backward Class, Most Backward Class & Denotified Communities, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments and Forest will be brought under the School Education department.
Govt to establish world class skill centre named “Tamil Nadu World Innovation and Skill Training Hub” (TN-WISH) at Ambattur at a cost of Rs.120 crore.
A state-of-the-art Skill Development Centre to be established (cost of Rs.80 crore) in SIPCOT Industrial Park in Krishnagiri.
With the objective of reversing this trend of decline in number of TN students clearing the civil services exam, TNSDC to implement a scheme in co-ordination with Anna Staff Administrative College to help civil services aspirants to access better coaching facilities & materials.
Thread: Highlights of the state budget presented by TN finance minister @ptrmadurai:
Annual revenue deficit of around Rs 62,000 crore, which the govt inherited on assuming office, reduced to around Rs 30,000 crore in the Revised Estimates of the
current year.
To honour the legacy of Tamil martyrs Thiruvalargal Thalamuthu and Natarajan, who sacrificed their lives to protect Tamil in the struggle against Hindi imposition, a memorial will be established at Chennai.
To propagate the ideals of Annal Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and the architect of a progressive and egalitarian India, the Government will provide a grant of Rs.5 crore to translate his works into Tamil language.
Thread: Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiagarajan presented the state budget for 2022-23.
Here are the important pointers from the budget:
- TN poised to see a significant reduction of the Fiscal Deficit, from 4.61% down to 3.80%.
This year, Tamil Nadu will see a reduction in the Revenue Deficit by over Rs.7,000 crore, reversing an alarming trend of increasing deficits every year since 2014, says FM P Thiagarajan.
- A special social media cell will be created within the police dept to prevent increasing crimes resulting out of fake news.
- Rs 10,285 crore allocated for police dept.
- Rs 10 crore allocated for improving weather forecast systems in the state.
All 4,57,645 petitions received under "Ungal Thokuthiyil Muthalamaichar" programme have
been acted upon. After due field verification, 2,29,216
grievances positively redressed.
Use of Tamil as the official language will be strengthened in
all depts.
Rs 5 crore will be allocated to carry out
archaeological excavations, which is the highest among all States in the country.
Govt will revamp the implementation of Old Age
Pensions scheme.
Measures will be taken to fill up remaining 14,317 vacancies in the police force.
Thread on White Paper released by Tamil Nadu finance minister P Thiagarajan:
- Revenue deficit of TN has been deteriorating for the last 8 years. Such a long term trend has affected the development investments.
Revenue deficit : 3.16 as % of GSDP for FY 2020-21.
Fiscal deficit of the state has been primarily increasing due to increase in govt borrowing.
Fiscal deficit is 4.43 as % of GSDP.
The public debt is Rs 2,63,976 per family in TN.
Public debt as % of GSDP is 26.69%, which is above the allowed limit of 25%.
Outstanding debt of GoTN has been metioned as Rs 4,85,503 crores until now. However, if we consider "other means" of financing the fiscal deficit the real debt is Rs 5,24,574 crores.