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Chennai: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today almost confirmed alliance with the ruling AIADMK for the upcoming State Assembly elections in Tamilnadu. Praising the leadership of Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam he came down heavily on the DMK and Congress for dynasty politics and corruption. Shah dedicated the newly built Chennai's fifth reservoir and laid the foundation stone for the second phase of Chennai Metro Rail project. The new reservoir was expected to further augment the drinking water requirements of this teeming megapolis besides meeting the additional needs. The new reservoir would facilitate supply of 65 million litres a day (MLD) water to the city and the project would raise the combined water storage in the lakes by 1000 mcft..