PIL filed against engineering college founded by Min. EV Velu

CHENNAI: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is filed in the Madras High Court against Arunai Engineering College, founded by sitting minister E V Velu, for the alleged encroachment in a water canal at Thiruvannamalai.

The petitioner T S Shankar from Thiruvannamalai, moved the MHC seeking to direct the district collector of Tiruvannamalai to take action against the Arunai college.

The petitioner stated that the Arunai Engineering College constructed a wall upon encroaching a lake channel in Thiruvannamalai.

Due to this the water flow between Thenmathur village - Keezhnachipatu village stopped and the college contaminating the water by letting the drainage water of the college into the lake channel.

This led the lake water to get polluted and affected the villagers and farmers, who depend upon the lake water for farming, said the petitioner.

The petitioner also stated that there is no action against his complaint regarding the encroachment to the district collector as the college is founded by the minister E V Velu and run by his son E V Kumaran.

The petitioner sought the intervention of MHC to direct the Tiruvannamalai district collector and take necessary action against the Arunai Engineering College and restore the channel to its originality.