Environment · 21 Jul 2026
With reference to Chennai's Pallikaranai marsh, which one of the following correctly describes the current regulatory position?
Tests the ability to distinguish an interim precautionary administrative measure from a scientifically finalised regulatory boundary, a nuanced distinction central to environmental governance questions.
Subscribe / Login in App →An NGT-ordered one-kilometre construction freeze around the Ramsar-listed Pallikaranai marsh has entered its second year without the scientific boundary study it was meant to precede, stalling redevelopment for thousands of residents.
UPSC often tests whether an aspirant can distinguish an interim administrative measure from a finalised scientific/legal boundary - a distinction with real consequences for how a provision should be read.
Pallikaranai's 698-hectare core was notified in 2007; Ramsar status came in 2022. The NGT's one-kilometre buffer (September 2025) is explicitly an interim, non-scientific placeholder, not the finalised "zone of influence."
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