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December 2007

ENCROACHMENT

Concern over encroachments on ponds at Thoraipakkam

The scramble for property on the Information Technology corridor has begun to claim the usual casualties — waterbodies. Several small ponds in the area have either vanished or are steadily being encroached upon. While some residents are protesting, the process is largely silent. T. Rathna Pandian of the Kancheepuram District Exnora has been attempting to gain information about a pond that is less than a km off the IT corridor in the Thoraipakkam village panchayat limits. Apparently pattas had been given in 2001 for land that is usually under water during and after the rains and on which no houses or huts existed previously. He gathered this information by filling an application under the Right to Information Act.

by J. Malarvizhi. The Hindu. 02/12/2007

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