Out of curiosity and sheer disgust, I inquired about the place and the reason for the odor. What I heard was shocking. It is said to be the unofficial dumping and burning place for half the city's litter. I even saw couple of dirt trucks unloading their precious merchandise in the area. An area of about 200m x 400m is used to dump the litter. This is just an eye measurement and the real dimensions could be more.
On doing a bit of googling, I found this article,
http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/21/stories/2007042117590100.htm
Highlights from original content,
April 21, 2007I was very surprised to read this. It has mentioned that officers say it'd be possible to take stringent action against those burning garbage there. 8 months have passed and garbage is still burning. And it is pretty confusing that who is actually burning the garbage. I strongly feel it is the Chennai Corporation who is responsible for the garbage business. So will the forest department take action against the Corporation? I can't even give 1 in a million chance for that happening.
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.
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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 5,627 hectares (about 14,000 acres).
Meanwhile, There are at least a handful of top Indian IT companies having their offices near that place. They can pitch in some moolah and clear that mess. At least for their employees sake. That is, if they care about their employees in the first place.
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