This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/judiciary-and-destruction-chennai%E2%80%99s-wetlands
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chennai-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-waterlogging
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/adyar
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cooum
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drainage
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tanks
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-encroachments
