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Eviction drive yet to begin in one in 3 tanks in the state [1]

Sharadha Narayanan | ENS

Only seven of the total 13,702 tanks fenced; 4,695 yet to cross survery stage; 1,978 tenements on water bodies in Chennai alone
FIVE years after the Madras High Court ordered that all encroachments to water bodies in the State be cleared, the Public Works Department (PWD) is yet to begin eviction work in one-third of the tanks in Tamil Nadu.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Water Resources [3], Chennai (D) [4], Thiruvallur (D) [5], Kanchipuram (D) [6], Tiruvannamalai (D) [7], Tanks [8], Land Encroachments [9]

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