Chennai : Tamil Nadu rights group ‘Arappor Iyakkam’ has alleged massive corruption in the granting of environmental clearance and building approval for a luxury residential project within the ecologically sensitive Pallikaranai marshland — a Ramsar site and one of Chennai’s last remaining wetlands.

In a detailed complaint submitted to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), the Chief Secretary, and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the organisation's convenor Jayaram Venkatesan said that around 1,250 high-end apartments, valued at nearly Rs 2,000 crore, are being constructed by a private builder in Ram Nagar, Pallikaranai.

Jayaram pointed out that in April 2022, the Tamil Nadu government officially notified 1,247.5

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