CTR Nirmal Kumar (L) criticized MK Stalin (R) for losing moral authority to question the current government
On electricity-related matters, the minister said the government had strengthened its monsoon preparedness by flagging off 82 additional fuse-of-call (FOC) vehicles to attend to power faults, in addition to the existing fleet of 70 vehicles. On rooftop solar, the minister said around 28,000 applications had been received under a scheme targeting one lakh beneficiaries by March.
Defending the present government’s response to the missing girl case in Gingee, he said police teams had been searching for her for several days, with the Director-General of Police reviewing the investigation daily. “Teams were pursuing various leads and a statewide alert had been issued,” he said. Tamil Nadu is working to streamline solar power applications and address grid constraints, he said. The government would expedite application processing and net-metering arrangements, he said.
The minister criticised the previous government over its handling of cases involving crimes against children and alleged irregularities in school safety certification. The state was also preparing a battery storage policy to manage the gap between daytime solar generation and evening demand. CHENNAI: Electricity and law minister CTR Nirmal Kumar on Monday said DMK president MK Stalin had lost the moral right to question the TVK government, alleging that several malpractices took place under the previous DMK regime when Stalin was at its helm.