With the CAG report holding ADMK Govt responsible for Chennai floods in December 2015 by mishandling water release from Chembarambakkam dam, when...

DMK leader M.K. Stalin questioned when the Union government would initiate criminal prosecution against the AIADMK administration following explosive findings in the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the catastrophic Chennai floods of December 2015. The official audit definitively held the state government responsible for transforming seasonal downpours into a man-made deluge through the reckless and delayed discharge of surplus water from the Chembarambakkam reservoir into the Adyar river.

Stalin recalled that bureaucratic inertia, administrative hesitation, and the absence of timely ministerial clearance caused reservoir authorities to delay releasing water until the dam reached dangerous storage levels. The subsequent sudden, midnight discharge inundated vast residential colonies, resulting in the tragic loss of over four hundred innocent lives and causing astronomical devastation to homes, commercial properties, and public infrastructure. Stalin emphasized that characterizing this catastrophic human tragedy as an act of God was a deliberate official falsehood.

Stalin insisted that the severe indictment by the constitutional auditor demands rigorous criminal accountability. He asserted that the DMK will persistently demand justice for flood-affected citizens and institutional prosecution against those whose criminal negligence devastated Chennai.