Days after anti-corruption NGO Arappor Iyakkam the Tamil Nadu government of illegally granting environmental clearance and building approvals for a multi-crore real estate project by a Karnataka-based firm within the protected Pallikaranai Ramsar wetland site in Perumbakkam, the state government has defended its actions, citing incomplete boundary delineation of the protected area.

In a press release issued on October 28, the Environment, Climate Change and Forest Department stated that the Ramsar site boundaries have not yet been legally enforced, as the process of delineating a wetland's extent with specific survey numbers through ground verification remains pending.

"The Pallikaranai Wetland limits as part of the Ramsar Site will come into force only after the delineation of the exte

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