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Pallikaranai Ramsar Site Planning Freeze

Sector: Commercial • Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Source: The Times of India

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Planning Freeze

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) froze planning approvals around the Pallikaranai Ramsar site in October 2025, affecting over 1 lakh patta holders and construction activities worth about Rs 1 lakh crore. The freeze covers a 1-km buffer zone around the 1,248-hectare Ramsar site, impacting areas including Velachery, Pallikaranai, Perungudi, Sholinganallur, and Perumbakkam, and h

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Prospective
Sector
Commercial, Residential
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Times of India

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The project “Pallikaranai Ramsar Site Planning Freeze” is an infrastructure initiative in the Commercial sector, located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Times of India.

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2026-07-22

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The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) froze planning approvals around the Pallikaranai Ramsar site in October 2025, affecting over 1 lakh patta holders and construction activities worth about Rs 1 lakh crore. The freeze covers a 1-km buffer zone around the 1,248-hectare Ramsar site, impacting areas including Velachery, Pallikaranai, Perungudi, Sholinganallur, and Perumbakkam, and has stalled construction and development projects in South Chennai.

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Tamil Nadu

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Chennai

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The Times of India

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Commercial, Residential

Article published date

2026-07-10

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