ABBREVIATIONS
AAP | Aam Aadmi Party |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
AIADMK | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
BJP | Bharatiya Janata Party |
CGWB | Central Ground Water Board |
CMC | Chennai Metropolitan Corporation |
CMDA | Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority |
CMWSSB | Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (Metrowater) |
CWC | Central Water Commission |
DMK | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
GoTN | Government of Tamil Nadu |
IAS | Indian Administrative Service |
MCM | million cubic meters |
mha | million hectares |
MLA | Member of the Legislative Assembly |
MMC | Madras Metropolitan Corporation |
MMDA | Madras Metropolitan Development Authority |
OBC | Other Backward Class |
PPP | public-private partnership |
PWD | Public Works Department |
SC | Scheduled Caste |
TMC | thousand million cubic feet |
TNSCB | Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board |
TNUDF | Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund |
TNUIFSL | Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited |
ULB | urban local body |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
WRCP | Water Resources Consolidation Project |
WRO | Water Resources Organisation |
WUA | Water Users’ Association |