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The State government, the Chennai Corporation, and other agencies are acceptable to start mapping of the dumpyard in Perungudi, to hole for the eventuality of handing implicit the onshore to the Forest Department successful future, arsenic portion of Ramsar tract requirements. Owing to residents’ protests, the authorities started exploring assorted options including, preparing to vacate the Perungudi dumpyard successful the Pallikaranai marshland which has been declared a Ramsar site. However, a last determination is expected to beryllium taken based connected NGT orders and residents’ demand.
On Tuesday, civic officials held a gathering to sermon mapping of the Perungudi dumpyard and assorted issues related to the Ramsar site.
The Chennai Corporation has already handed implicit 340 acres of onshore to the Forest Department pursuing a request by residents successful 2012 but had refused to manus implicit 250 acres of the dumpyard connected the bluish broadside of Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road. Only aft residents launched protests owing to the declaration of Ramsar site, the GCC has started shelving projects, including the eco-park successful 92 acres of bio mined land.
GCC has been dumping discarded successful 250 acres of Perungudi dumpyard wrong the Pallikaranai marshland. The civic assemblage has earmarked 225 acres for biomining and has been dumping caller discarded successful 25 acres. The Chennai Corporation has completed 3 packages of biomining successful 2 parcels of lands measuring 35 acres each and different measuring 22 acres. Work connected biomining different parcel of onshore successful the Perungudi dumpyard measuring 53 acres is expected to beryllium completed successful 30 days.
Federation of Thoraipakkam Residents Welfare Association’s president A. Francis said residents person planned to clasp a gathering adjacent Saturday to marque a determination connected protests against discarded absorption enactment successful the Ramsar site.
Save Pallikaranai Marshland Forum convenor S. Kumararaja said the residents person demanded the State government to bid civic agencies specified arsenic the Chennai Corporation and Metrowater to displacement their facilities from the Pallikaranai marshland area. “The authorities agencies should halt polluting the Pallikaranai marshland,” helium said.
