erode aiadmk mla from perundurai thoppu n d venkatachalam who had recently relinquished his party post on tuesday said he would attend the party meeting to be held in chennai on wednesday i gave up the party post due to personal reasons the party high command has requested me to attend the meeting and i have agreed to do so he saidvenkatachalam was the joint secretary of the partys amma peravai wing he quit the post on may 21on tuesday evening the mla met district revenue officer dro s kavitha at the collectorate and requested the officer to complete the kodiveri combined drinking water project at the earliestaccording to venkatachalam some people were spreading rumours that the project would affect farmers the project wont affect the farmers it would only benefit residents of perundurai constituency as it would bring them enough potable water he said the project would benefit nearly 547 lakh people in three unions in erode and tirupur districtsthe mla also appealed the dro to address the potable water crisis in his constituency the dro received the petition and assured to take necessary steps to address his concerns