Tamil Nadu cancels PCPIR project over objections, environmental concerns

The PCPIR in Tamil Nadu, notified in June 2017 in an area of 256.83 square kilometers, had seen an actual investment commitment of Rs 8,100 cr

Tamil Nadu government has cancelled it's plans to create a Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) comprising 45 districts of Nagapattinam and Cuddalore districts citing objections by the public and the fact that it is an environmentally fragile and sensitive agricultural zone.

The PCPIR in Tamil Nadu, notified in June 2017 and covering an area of 256.83 square kilometers, had seen an actual investment commitment of Rs 8,100 crore and proposed employment generation to the tune of 13,950 jobs.

Cancelling the notification declaring Local Planning Authority constituted for PCPIR in 2017, the state government said that the director of town and