Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Saturday submitted a memorandum of the State’s demands, coming below 9 departments, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It had demands for the implementation of Metro Rail Phase II on fairness sharing, free allocation of defence land for airport enlargement, creation of Regional Centre of the Sports Authority of India at Chennai, retrieval of Katchatheevu and restoration of conventional fishing rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen, amongst others.
He requested Mr. Modi to be sure that the defence lands and lands owned by the opposite departments of the Union authorities have been made accessible for the enlargement of airports in Tamil Nadu. He stated for the reason that SIPCOT had rights over the possession of lands and proved its effectivity in operating industrial parks, it must be made the grasp developer of the PM MITRA Industrial Park.
He additionally wished the Prime Minister to arrange the Regional Centre of the Sports Authority of India in Chennai, mentioning that there was already a proposal to arrange it on the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University.
He additionally requested for internet hosting the Asian Beach Games in Tamil Nadu, stating that the State had 1,076 km of seaside and already carried out nationwide seaside volleyball in Chennai.
The Chief Minister additionally expressed his authorities’s need to conduct Khelo India Youth Games. Mr. Stalin urged Mr Modi to prevail upon the Railways to drop the road in Dhanuskodi close to Rameswaram because it was an eco -sensitive zone.
Other demands included the change within the nomenclature of sure communities in SC/ST, a better share for Tamil Nadu in offshore wind vitality, the rectification of anomalies in toll assortment by the NHAI and securing equal civil and political rights for Sri Lankan Tamils.
