Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) Under pressure from ally PMK and opposed by the AIADMK, the minority DMK government in Tamil Nadu Saturday backed out of a plan to set up a satellite town in south Chennai that involved displacement of the existing population.
On Aug 3, during the first days of the budget session of the assembly, the Karunanidhi government had announced plans to set up a satellite town on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, known as Chennai's IT corridor, about 50 km from the city.
Within a month, the DMK government under coalition compulsions, withdrew the plan Saturday, the last day of the budget session.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi admitted, "Though the decision to form a satellite town was formed after consulting the alliance parties", the PMK had appealed to him not to go ahead with the project now.