அனைவருக்கும் குழாய் மூலம் குடிநீர் வழங்கும் திட்ட நிதியை உள்ளாட்சி அமைப்புகளுக்கு வழங்காமல் மாவட்ட ஆட்சித் தலைவர்கள் மூலம் டெண்டர் விடுவது ஏன்?...

DMK president M.K. Stalin raised serious objections against the Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration department for bypassing elected local governing bodies and routing multi-crore piped drinking water tenders directly through District Collectors. Stalin questioned why financial allocations meant to provide piped potable water connections to rural and urban households were being processed through centralized administrative orders, rather than empowering local panchayats and municipal councils as mandated by constitutional decentralization principles.

Stalin pointedly accused Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani of orchestrating arbitrary procurement tenders in the twilight months of the AIADMK administration to siphon public funds meant for essential drinking water infrastructure. He asserted that exploiting drinking water projects—designed to quench the thirst of parched rural citizens—for illicit political patronage and private enrichment represents the height of administrative malfeasance. Stalin issued a stern warning to district collectors and department engineers, advising them against colluding in irregular tender approvals that violate statutory procurement norms.

Stalin asserted that an incoming DMK administration will institute rigorous anti-corruption audits into all centralized drinking water tenders sanctioned under questionable circumstances. He pledged to restore administrative autonomy and developmental financing to local self-governing institutions across Tamil Nadu.