CHENNAI: A few days after the southern bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) not to grant any building plan approvals in the Pallikaranai marshland and its zone of influence, the planning authority has issued a circular reiterating the Tribunal's order.

According to the circular issued by the chief planner of Master Plan Unit (MPU), dated October 6, building permissions will not be issued within the boundary of the Ramsar recognized wetland and its influence zone up to one kilometer. Moreover, the circular also instructed the concerned local bodies to comply with the order of the NGT and the circular of the CMDA.

As per Ramsar site and influence area map, part of Puzhuthivakkam, Madipakkam, Kulathur, Pallikaranai, Jalladian

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