The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the Tamil Nadu Polymer Industries Park in Tiruvallur district after it found ‘serious lapses’ in the appraisal and assessment of the project by the State Environment Assessment Committee.
The applicant, K. Saravanan, moved the tribunal challenging the EC claiming that the area where the proposed project was set to be established was a tidally-influenced waterbody and classified as a salt pan in revenue records. The applicant further said the project proponent suppressed facts and misrepresented the nature of the land, describing it as dry land though the area was completely filled with water, especially during high tide.
