Ascertain extent of Pallikaranai Marshland: NGT
The Hindu
Ensure raw sewage is not let into marshland: tribunal
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Commissioner of Land Administration, the District Collector, the Forest Department and the Survey and Settlement Department to conduct a detailed survey to ascertain the original extent of the Pallikaranai marshland and take steps to remove the encroachments as per the directions issued by the Madras High Court.
The Bench directed the authorities to find out the original extent of the marshland as per the revenue records of the pre-Independence era.
The bench also directed the Greater Chennai Corporation and the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board not to discharge untreated sewage into the Pallikaranai marshland or carry out any activity in a manner to encroach upon the waterbody and pollute the water in the marshland.