Pallikaranai
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Pallikaranai is a town in Tambaram Taluk of Kancheepuram district in the India
n state
of Tamil Nadu
. It is now one of the Chennai
prime suburb
s.
, Pallikaranai had a population of 22,503. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pallikaranai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Pallikaranai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Pallikaranai area contains several water bodies and many lakes and is also the home for the reputed National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)which is the real technical arm under Govt of India .This institute has developed In-house Desalination Plant at Kavaratti under Mr Robert Singh and Dr Kathiroli. There are also many temples, parks and schools. Real Estate is the major business here. In July 2011, Pallikaranai is set to join with Corporation of Chennai and this is likely to give a fresh impetus to this lovely neighbourhood.
Now many IT&ITES companies are opening their offices in this area. So rate of growth of real estate is more than 30%.Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS)-> (Located in Pallikaranai approx. 2.5 km from Velachery Railway Station). Another Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is constructed along the Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam ring road. It houses companies like TCS,Wipro, Siemens, Ford and call-centers like Sutherland.
The Rs. 38.5 crore ROB in Tambaram was scheduled for completion in March 2009 and the Rs. 13.2 crore grade separator at Pallikaranai by October 2008 and hoped they would be completed six months ahead of time
The grade separator in Pallikaranai at the intersection of Velachery Main Road and Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam Radial Road has been completed and has helped in reducing traffic. The Minister would be taking part in a function in Tambaram on that day and he would lay the foundation for a road overbridge at Tambaram and for the Pallikaranai grade separator. While the bridge at Tambaram is estimated to cost Rs. 34 crore, Rs. 14 crore is to be spent on the Pallikaranai grade separator as on 2010. The State Highways Minister, Mr. Saminathan announced the construction of this project in February after an inspection of Pallikaranai, where work on minor bridges was in progress.
As per the design, vehicles towards Pallikaranai and Velachery would ply on the bridge, while motorists proceeding to Pallavaram and Thoraipakkam would be using the road beneath, according to senior engineers of the Highways Department.
ETL Infrastructure Services MD S Thiagarajan, who has developed an ITeS SEZ in Pallikaranai village near Chennai, said, "There is so much controversy about the possible misuse and land scam that I do not want to get into social infrastructure. I am sure that private builders will find it lucrative to build houses around our SEZ
The principal and the prestagious residential locality in Pallaikaranai are : New Colony, IIT Colony, VGP Shanti Nagar, Maxworth Nagar, Viduthalai Nagar and Kamakoti Nagar. The price per ground, i.e. 2400 sq ft (223 m²) ranges from 45 laksh to 100 lakhs. The Price per Sq.ft for flat ranges from Rs.3200 to 4500 as on April 2011. Pallikaranai hails the latest hi - tech hospital Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital and a paramedical institute Dr. kamakshi Institute of paramedical Sciences
.Dr. Rajalakshmi Sharanalaya Public School, Narayanapuram, fifth street, A.G.S.Colony in Survey No.649 around 10 acres of greenery vacant land
The main builders and apartments in Pallikaranai are : Appasamy Group, Agni Estates (Flamingo Apartments), Doshi Housing, Maxworth Homes, T.J.Reals, Purvankara, Real Value builders (Sai Shahi Apartment, Sai Surya etc.), Akshay builders and S&S foundation's SAI GANESH NAGAR and Mapleton.
The four corridors identified by the MTC are as follows:
Corridor – 1 (54 km): Vandalur to Puzhal via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur, Tambaram, MEPZ, Chromepet, Pallavaram, Pammal, Anakaputhur, Andarkuppam, Kunrathur, Kollacheri, Mangadu, Kummananchavadi, Karayanchavadi, Melapakkam, Paruthipattu, Govarthanagiri, Avadi Market, Avadi, Thirumullaivoyal, Ambattur O.T., Pudur, Pallikuppam and Surapet
Corridor – 2 (23 km): Vandalur to Velachery via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur (East), Tambaram East, Camp Road, Kamaraj Nagar, Sembakkam, Gowriwakkam, QMC, Medavakkam, Pallikaranai, Narayanapuram, Kamatchi Hospital and Velachery.
Corridor – 3 (16 km): Poonamalle to Kathipara via Karayanchavadi, Kummnanchavadi, Katupakkam, Iyyappanthangal, Ramachandra Hospital, Porur, Mouglivakkam Jn, Ramavaram, Nandambakkam and Butt Road.
Corridor – 4 (18 km): Poonamalle to Vadapalani via Karayanchavadi, Kummnanchavadi, Saveetha Dental College, Vellappanchavadi, Maduravoyal, Alapakkam, Valasaravakkam, Alwarthirunagar, Virugmbakkam and Vadapalani Bus Terminus.
is a fresh water swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal
situated about 20 km south of Chennai
city with a geographical area of 80 km2. In 2007, a major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland was declared a reserve forest
area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department. The swamp is helpful in charging the aquifers of the region. It is one of the last few remaining natural ecosystems in the city of Chennai.Pallikaranai is a vast marshy area bounded by
-Velachery
in north
-Medavakkam
in south
-Kovilambakkam in west and
-Okkiyam Thuraipakkam in east
Flora and fauna
The topography of the swamp is such that it always retains some storage, thus forming an aquatic ecosystem
. It has been a home for naturally occurring plants (61 species), fish (50 species), birds (106 species), butterflies (7 species), reptiles (21 species) and some exotic floating vegetation such as water hyacinth
and water lettuce, which are less extensive now and highly localized.
Recent reports of the appearance of the White-spotted garden skink
, for the first time in Tamilnadu, and Russell’s viper
, the largest and the most widespread among Asian vipers, confirm its invaluable ecological status. Fish such as Dwarf gourami
and Chromides
that are widely bred and traded worldwide for aquaria, occur naturally in Pallikaranai. Besides, the Windowpane oyster
, Mud crab
, Mullet
, Halfbeak
and Green chromide
are some of the estuarine fauna present in the marsh.
Conservation
Dumping of solid waste, discharge of sewage
, construction of buildings, construction of a railway station and a new road to connect old Mahabhalipuram road and Pallavaram are causing the Pallikaranai marsh
to shrink.
Cognizant Chennai is located here now.
A major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland in south Chennai has been declared a reserve forest
area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department, according to a draft notification issued on April 9, 2007.
The notification says: "The proposal of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests sent in his letter for publication of the notification under Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 is approved".
Senior department officials said a special tahsildar had been appointed to specify the boundaries and the extent of the marshland to be brought under their control. From now on, it would be known as `Pallikaranai Swamp Forest Block.
They said 3.17 square kilometres (783.3 acre) of the marshland had been classified as reserve forest area.
Earlier, it was classified under the Revenue records of the Kancheepuram district administration. For several years, nature lovers, environmentalists and civic groups had been pressing for protecting the area, as it was a natural habitat with rich flora and fauna.
With the department taking over the marshland, it would be possible to take stringent action against trespassers and those dumping and burning garbage there, the officials said. Provisions of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act and Wildlife Protection Act could be invoked against them. Pallikaranai is the 17th reserve forest area in the Tambaram Range, whose reserve forest area goes up to 56.27 square kilometres (21.7 sq mi).
The Union Environment Ministry is considering the approval of an adaptive management plan for the Pallikaranai marshland.
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. It is now one of the Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
prime suburb
Suburb
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s.
Demographics
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, Pallikaranai had a population of 22,503. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pallikaranai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Pallikaranai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Pallikaranai area contains several water bodies and many lakes and is also the home for the reputed National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT)which is the real technical arm under Govt of India .This institute has developed In-house Desalination Plant at Kavaratti under Mr Robert Singh and Dr Kathiroli. There are also many temples, parks and schools. Real Estate is the major business here. In July 2011, Pallikaranai is set to join with Corporation of Chennai and this is likely to give a fresh impetus to this lovely neighbourhood.
Now many IT&ITES companies are opening their offices in this area. So rate of growth of real estate is more than 30%.Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS)-> (Located in Pallikaranai approx. 2.5 km from Velachery Railway Station). Another Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is constructed along the Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam ring road. It houses companies like TCS,Wipro, Siemens, Ford and call-centers like Sutherland.
The Rs. 38.5 crore ROB in Tambaram was scheduled for completion in March 2009 and the Rs. 13.2 crore grade separator at Pallikaranai by October 2008 and hoped they would be completed six months ahead of time
The grade separator in Pallikaranai at the intersection of Velachery Main Road and Pallavaram - Thoraipakkam Radial Road has been completed and has helped in reducing traffic. The Minister would be taking part in a function in Tambaram on that day and he would lay the foundation for a road overbridge at Tambaram and for the Pallikaranai grade separator. While the bridge at Tambaram is estimated to cost Rs. 34 crore, Rs. 14 crore is to be spent on the Pallikaranai grade separator as on 2010. The State Highways Minister, Mr. Saminathan announced the construction of this project in February after an inspection of Pallikaranai, where work on minor bridges was in progress.
As per the design, vehicles towards Pallikaranai and Velachery would ply on the bridge, while motorists proceeding to Pallavaram and Thoraipakkam would be using the road beneath, according to senior engineers of the Highways Department.
ETL Infrastructure Services MD S Thiagarajan, who has developed an ITeS SEZ in Pallikaranai village near Chennai, said, "There is so much controversy about the possible misuse and land scam that I do not want to get into social infrastructure. I am sure that private builders will find it lucrative to build houses around our SEZ
The principal and the prestagious residential locality in Pallaikaranai are : New Colony, IIT Colony, VGP Shanti Nagar, Maxworth Nagar, Viduthalai Nagar and Kamakoti Nagar. The price per ground, i.e. 2400 sq ft (223 m²) ranges from 45 laksh to 100 lakhs. The Price per Sq.ft for flat ranges from Rs.3200 to 4500 as on April 2011. Pallikaranai hails the latest hi - tech hospital Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital and a paramedical institute Dr. kamakshi Institute of paramedical Sciences
Dr. Kamakshi Institute of Paramedical Sciences
Dr. Kamakshi Institute of Paramedical Sciences is a self-financing institution offering various paramedical courses in Chennai, India. Its affiliated hospital, Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, is aligned with Bharathiar University to conduct degree courses....
.Dr. Rajalakshmi Sharanalaya Public School, Narayanapuram, fifth street, A.G.S.Colony in Survey No.649 around 10 acres of greenery vacant land
The main builders and apartments in Pallikaranai are : Appasamy Group, Agni Estates (Flamingo Apartments), Doshi Housing, Maxworth Homes, T.J.Reals, Purvankara, Real Value builders (Sai Shahi Apartment, Sai Surya etc.), Akshay builders and S&S foundation's SAI GANESH NAGAR and Mapleton.
Chennai monorail-pallikaranai
The Tamil Nadu government has kick started its ambitious Monorail Mass Rapid Transit System (monorail) project for Chennai at a cost of Rs 16,650 crore for 111 km in the first phaseThe four corridors identified by the MTC are as follows:
Corridor – 1 (54 km): Vandalur to Puzhal via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur, Tambaram, MEPZ, Chromepet, Pallavaram, Pammal, Anakaputhur, Andarkuppam, Kunrathur, Kollacheri, Mangadu, Kummananchavadi, Karayanchavadi, Melapakkam, Paruthipattu, Govarthanagiri, Avadi Market, Avadi, Thirumullaivoyal, Ambattur O.T., Pudur, Pallikuppam and Surapet
Corridor – 2 (23 km): Vandalur to Velachery via Perungalathur, Irumbuliyur (East), Tambaram East, Camp Road, Kamaraj Nagar, Sembakkam, Gowriwakkam, QMC, Medavakkam, Pallikaranai, Narayanapuram, Kamatchi Hospital and Velachery.
Corridor – 3 (16 km): Poonamalle to Kathipara via Karayanchavadi, Kummnanchavadi, Katupakkam, Iyyappanthangal, Ramachandra Hospital, Porur, Mouglivakkam Jn, Ramavaram, Nandambakkam and Butt Road.
Corridor – 4 (18 km): Poonamalle to Vadapalani via Karayanchavadi, Kummnanchavadi, Saveetha Dental College, Vellappanchavadi, Maduravoyal, Alapakkam, Valasaravakkam, Alwarthirunagar, Virugmbakkam and Vadapalani Bus Terminus.
Pallikaranai Marsh
Pallikaranai wetlandPallikaranai wetland
Pallikaranai wetland is a freshwater swamp in the city of Chennai. Situated adjacent to the Bay of Bengal, it lies about 20 km south from the city centre with a geographical area of 80 km2. Pallikaranai marshland is the only surviving wetland ecosystem of the city and is among the few and...
is a fresh water swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. It resembles a triangle in shape, and is bordered mostly by the Eastern Coast of India, southern coast of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to the west and Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the...
situated about 20 km south of Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
city with a geographical area of 80 km2. In 2007, a major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland was declared a reserve forest
Reserve forest
You may be looking for forest reserve, a generic term associated with protected forest areas, which is also used as a specific term for protected forests in some countries...
area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department. The swamp is helpful in charging the aquifers of the region. It is one of the last few remaining natural ecosystems in the city of Chennai.Pallikaranai is a vast marshy area bounded by
-Velachery
Velachery
-Geography:Velachery has mostly areas of hard rock, and a big marshland in the southern region of the area. It is said that this marshland was once a natural bird sanctuary. But nowadays, due to encroachment and rapid real estate development, the sanctuary has disappeared. Even today there is a big...
in north
-Medavakkam
Medavakkam
Medavakkam is one among the southern suburbs of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is a residential municipality close to the Chennai Airport and is adjacent to the suburbs of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the...
in south
-Kovilambakkam in west and
-Okkiyam Thuraipakkam in east
Flora and fauna
The topography of the swamp is such that it always retains some storage, thus forming an aquatic ecosystem
Aquatic ecosystem
An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems....
. It has been a home for naturally occurring plants (61 species), fish (50 species), birds (106 species), butterflies (7 species), reptiles (21 species) and some exotic floating vegetation such as water hyacinth
Water hyacinth
The seven species of water hyacinth comprise the genus Eichhornia. Water hyacinth are a free-floating perennial aquatic plant native to tropical and sub-tropical South America. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 meter in...
and water lettuce, which are less extensive now and highly localized.
Recent reports of the appearance of the White-spotted garden skink
Lygosoma albopunctata
White-spotted Supple Skink Lygosoma albopunctata is a species of skink found in South Asia.-Description:Body elongate, limbs weak; distance between end of snout and fore limb contained 2 to 2$ times in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short., obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly...
, for the first time in Tamilnadu, and Russell’s viper
Daboia
Daboia is a monotypic genus of venomous Old World viper. The single species, D. russelii, is found in Asia throughout the Indian subcontinent, much of Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan...
, the largest and the most widespread among Asian vipers, confirm its invaluable ecological status. Fish such as Dwarf gourami
Dwarf gourami
The dwarf gourami, Trichogaster lalius , has an almost translucent blue color, with vertical red to dark orange stripes. In its native range it is dried for food, and it is also kept as an aquarium fish. It has become highly popular for aquaria.Dwarf gouramis from Singapore may carry dwarf gourami...
and Chromides
Orange chromide
The Orange chromide is a species of fish endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka. The species is popular with fishkeeping hobbyists, and is kept frequently in aquariums...
that are widely bred and traded worldwide for aquaria, occur naturally in Pallikaranai. Besides, the Windowpane oyster
Anomiidae
Anomiidae is a family of bivalve molluscs related to scallops and oysters, and known as anomiids. It contains seven genera.The family is known by several common names, including jingle shells, saddle oysters and mermaid's toenails....
, Mud crab
Mud crab
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:*Scylla serrata, also called mangrove crab and black crab.*Scylla tranquebarica, another variety of the mangrove crab.*Scylla paramamosain...
, Mullet
Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family and order of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and in some species in fresh water. Mullets have served as an important source of food in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times...
, Halfbeak
Halfbeak
The halfbeaks are a geographically widespread and numerically abundant family of epipelagic fish inhabiting warm waters around the world. The family Hemiramphidae is divided into two subfamilies, the primarily marine Hemiramphinae and the freshwater or estuarine Zenarchopterinae...
and Green chromide
Green chromide
The green chromide is a species of cichlid fish from freshwater and brackish water in southern India and Sri Lanka...
are some of the estuarine fauna present in the marsh.
Conservation
Dumping of solid waste, discharge of sewage
Sewage
Sewage is water-carried waste, in solution or suspension, that is intended to be removed from a community. Also known as wastewater, it is more than 99% water and is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical constituents and the bacteriological organisms that it contains...
, construction of buildings, construction of a railway station and a new road to connect old Mahabhalipuram road and Pallavaram are causing the Pallikaranai marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
to shrink.
Cognizant Chennai is located here now.
A major portion of the Pallikaranai marshland in south Chennai has been declared a reserve forest
Reserve forest
You may be looking for forest reserve, a generic term associated with protected forest areas, which is also used as a specific term for protected forests in some countries...
area and brought under the Tambaram range of the Forest department, according to a draft notification issued on April 9, 2007.
The notification says: "The proposal of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests sent in his letter for publication of the notification under Section 4 of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act, 1882 is approved".
Senior department officials said a special tahsildar had been appointed to specify the boundaries and the extent of the marshland to be brought under their control. From now on, it would be known as `Pallikaranai Swamp Forest Block.
They said 3.17 square kilometres (783.3 acre) of the marshland had been classified as reserve forest area.
Earlier, it was classified under the Revenue records of the Kancheepuram district administration. For several years, nature lovers, environmentalists and civic groups had been pressing for protecting the area, as it was a natural habitat with rich flora and fauna.
With the department taking over the marshland, it would be possible to take stringent action against trespassers and those dumping and burning garbage there, the officials said. Provisions of the Tamil Nadu Forest Act and Wildlife Protection Act could be invoked against them. Pallikaranai is the 17th reserve forest area in the Tambaram Range, whose reserve forest area goes up to 56.27 square kilometres (21.7 sq mi).
The Union Environment Ministry is considering the approval of an adaptive management plan for the Pallikaranai marshland.
Real Estate
Pallikaranai is another fast developing suburb. This place is expected to join in Chennai Metropolitan soon. This place has excellent connectivity with IT corridor like HCL, Wipro, TCS, Infosys, etc. Also it has very good road connectivity to south Tamilnadu via Tambaram (10 km from Pallikaranai). This place is ideal investment for people who want appreciation for their money. This area is popular among birds, there are so many variety of birds come to this area for migration.Pollution
Pallikaranai's ground water is extremely polluted. The public garbage dump near it is responsible for the pollution. The effluents from this dump has leached into ground water and has adversely affected it to an extent that consumption is possible only when strict rules are enforced to protect the Marsh from dumping the garbage.'
Famous Temples
There are many famous temples in Pallikaranai, which has pilgrims from all over the city. "[Adhiparasakthi/Mandira Paavai Temple] http://omgaarasakthi.org/", "Lakshmi Narayana Perumal" temple and "Sivan Koil" are one of the oldest temples here.senghazlini amman templeSchools
- Penial Public Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Subsidiary of Bethel Matriculation Higher Secondary School)
- St. Anthonys Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Mother Matriculation School
- Dr. D. S. Rajalakshmi Sharanalya Senior Secondary School (commencing from the academic year 2011)