AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday called for measures to be taken on a war footing to tackle the problem of sea erosion in several places in the State. In a statement, he referred to the issue in Nambiar Nagaram, Nagapattinam district, where the sea was said to have been rough for 45 days. As a result, the sea had eroded some 500 m of land, with the seawater entering up to 100 m of land. Approximately 10 houses and electric poles had been affected, the former Chief Minister said. A similar problem Mr. Palaniswami recalled that when former Handlooms Minister and the present Vedaranyam legislator, O.S. Manian, was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) in the 1990s, he had brought a similar problem in the fishing village of Kilvelur taluk of Nagapattinam district to the notice of then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who then ordered the planting of palmyra saplings. Consequently, the problem was sorted out, Mr. Palaniswami said. OPS plea on pavements In a separate statement, AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam referred to a report on the replacement of pavements in Chennai. Mr. Panneerselvam said people were of the view that even well-laid pavements were dug up and replaced, resulting in the taxpayers’ money being wasted. He asked Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to see to it that the interests of pedestrians were safeguarded, while ensuring that public money was not wasted. Approximately 10 houses and electric poles have been affected in Nambiar Nagaram in Nagapattinam district Edappadi K. Palaniswami AIADMK co-coordinator.
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