CHENNAI: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Thursday urged the State government to drop the proposed waste-to-energy (WTE) project in north Chennai, warning of severe environmental consequences in a region already burdened by pollution.

He said alternative solutions had been suggested, and Chief Minister MK Stalin assured that a committee would study the issue.

Addressing reporters at the Secretariat after meeting the Chief Minister along with representatives of the Federation of North Chennai Residents Welfare Association, Shanmugam said, "The delegation also raised the issue like the long-pending compensation for farmers who had surrendered 925 acres of land in 1978-80 for Bharathiar University in Coimbatore."

Adding that, "Despite a Madras High Court ruling in 2006 directing the Sta

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