A public interest litigation petition had been filed in the court alleging the construction of residential towers within the Ramsar site around Pallikaranai marshland in Chennai.
The ‘ground truthing’ exercise to fix the boundaries of the Ramsar site at Pallikaranai was yet to be concluded fully.
Tamil Nadu is the only State in the country to boast of as many as 20 wetlands designated as ‘Ramsar sites’ of international importance.