Green panel reserves order in Injambakkam sand dune case

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reserved the order in the case of alleged flattening of sand dunes by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) Injambakkam.

- SV KRISHNA CHAITANYA

Fishermen activist K Saravanan has filed an application before the NGT saying CMDA and Chennai Shoreline Renourishment and Revitalisation Projects Limited, a special purpose vehicle established by the state government for renourishment and revitalisation of Chennai's coast from Marina beach to Kovalam at a cost of ₹100 crore, was levelling sand dunes using earthmovers, digging borewells in Olive Ridley turtles nesting ground, and dumping construction debris for building cycle track, pedestrian pathway, food court, and open air theatres.