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TN government halts ₹2,000 crore Brigade housing project

Representative AI image CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has suspended construction on Brigade Enterprises’ ₹2,000-crore residential project in Perumbakkam. The halt follows the discovery that construction began without the required permissions from the Tamil Nadu State Wetland Authority (TNSWA). The project consists of 1,250 units across 14.7 acres and is reported to be situated within the ecologically sensitive Pallikaranai Ramsar Wetland Site. During a meeting on May 8, just two days before TVK took office, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) revoked the environmental clearance (EC) previously granted to Brigade Enterprises Ltd. This action was influenced by a complaint…

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Madras HC Notifies Tamil Nadu on PIL for Hill Area Approvals

CHENNAI: An activist has approached the Madras High Court to contest a government order (GO) from the Tamil Nadu government. This order allows urban planning authorities to approve housing layouts in hilly areas and make land-use changes, sidestepping the essential clearance from the Hill Area Conservation Authority (HACA). The court admitted the plea on Wednesday, with the first bench comprising Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan directing the state government to respond within four weeks. According to the petitioner, S. Muralidharan, the HACA was established in 1990 to safeguard ecologically sensitive hill regions from the effects…