PIL accuses TN Road Development Corporation of obliterating water bodies in Padur for OMR Phase II project
The Hindu
“Many constructions over there involve desecration of water bodies. The State cannot indulge in such things. Development has to be sustainable,” the Chief Justice of the Madras High Cout said on Thursday
The Madras High Court on Thursday expressed shock over an allegation levelled by a public interest litigant that the Tamil Nadu Road Development Corporation (TNRDC) was destroying water bodies in Padur village for the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) Phase II project in Chengalpattu district. Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy told government counsel P. Muthukumar that damage to water bodies appeared to be happening on the stretch of OMR, touted as the Rajiv Gandhi Information Technology Expressway, dotted by several wetlands and marshlands.More Related News