CHENNAI: National Green Tribunal Southern Zone (NGT SZ) has directed the Chengalpet district collector to remove all encroachments on Karanai-Puducherry lake at Urapakkam, a suburb of Chennai.
A joint committee, constituted by the tribunal to resolve issues pertaining to illegal release of sewage and dumping of waste into the water body, during its inspection in 2021 found that 562 houses had encroached the lake.
