G.O.(Ms.)No.36, Cancellation of PCPIR Local Planning Area Notification, 2020
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department issued G.O.(Ms.)No.36 dated 21 February 2020, cancelling the notification that declared 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts as a local planning area for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region. The cancellation applies to the notification connected with G.O.(Ms.)No.108 dated 20 June 2017 and Notification No.II(2)/HOU/574/2017 dated 19 July 2017.
What the government cancelled
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 dated 21 February 2020 cancels the notification declaring 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts as a local planning area for establishing a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region, commonly described as PCPIR.
The cancellation specifically covers:
- The notification connected with G.O.(Ms.)No.108 of the Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department, dated 20 June 2017.
- Notification No.II(2)/HOU/574/2017, published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette dated 19 July 2017.
- The declaration of the Local Planning Authority constituted for the proposed PCPIR.
Why the notification was cancelled
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department records that many public objections opposed hydrocarbon exploration and extraction. The objections also sought recognition of the Cauvery Delta Region as an ecologically sensitive agricultural zone.
The document describes the Cauvery Delta Region as including Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam districts, together with delta blocks in Pudukkottai, Cuddalore, Tiruchy, Karur and Ariyalur districts. It identifies this region as the Rice Bowl and Granary of Tamil Nadu and as an environmentally fragile wetland and agricultural zone. The Director of Town and Country Planning reported that further exploration and exploitation, apart from existing activity, could harm the sensitive environment.
Who may be affected
G.O.(Ms.)No.36 is relevant to landowners, buyers, developers and professionals dealing with land in the 45 villages that had been included in the proposed PCPIR local planning area. The source does not list the names of those villages.
The document cancels the PCPIR local planning area notification. It does not state that the earlier declaration of the wider Cuddalore local planning area has been cancelled.
Publication and administrative steps
The Housing and Urban Development [UD4(2)] Department directed that the cancellation notification must be:
- Published in English in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
- Republished in English and Tamil in the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam District Gazettes.
- Translated into Tamil and sent to the Collectors of both districts.
The Collectors of Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts were also asked to report the dates on which the notification was republished in their District Gazettes.
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Common questions
Does G.O.(Ms.)No.36 cancel the proposed PCPIR local planning area?
Yes. It cancels the notification declaring 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts as a local planning area for the proposed Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region.
Does the document name all 45 affected villages?
No. The document states that 45 villages in Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts were covered, but it does not provide their individual names.
Why did the Tamil Nadu government cancel the PCPIR notification?
The document records strong public objections to hydrocarbon exploration and extraction, along with concerns that further activity could harm the environmentally sensitive and agricultural Cauvery Delta Region.
Was the cancellation required to be published locally?
Yes. The notification was directed to be republished in English and Tamil in the Cuddalore and Nagapattinam District Gazettes, after publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
