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With the value of land skyrocketing in Chennai, encroachment on the marshland is expected to continue despite restoration activities. So how can this ecologically-rich space with...
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Shrinking Pallikaranai Marshland! South chennai is staring at ecological collapse?
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Once a sparkling drainage area of 235 sq km came down to 50 sq.km in ~1970s is currently in 2023 is only around 5.5 sq.km due to encroachment by an engineering college, an arts college, a hospital, a sewage treatment plant, solid waste disposal grounds, MRTS, NIOT buildings and a firewood wholesale market.
Pallikaranai Marshland is one of the significant groundwater recharging areas of south chennai and is a habitat for various birds. A study by the CMDA found that there was a potential to restore 30 sq km of the marshlands, but this, of course, was not followed up with any action. As even the state government is filling the Pallikaranai marshland in Sholinganallur, to make way for more construction in the area. Construction over waterbodies has proven to be one of the main reasons for the city’s massive flooding in 2015.
References:
https://chennai.citizenmatters.in/how-international-tag-can-help-save-pallikarnai-marshland-14057
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/citizens-to-launch-agitation-to-protect-pallikaranai-marshland/article66410029.ece
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Whenever commuters cross the Pallikaranai 200 feet Road towards Velachery Main Road, it’s hard to escape the foul odor emanating from the Perungudi dump yard. To the left of the road lies th...
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case to evacuate the dumpyard site...
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