Encroachments have come up near the elevated tracks of MRTS at Perungudi

The elevated corridor of the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) from Beach to Velachery was constructed along the perimeter of the Buckingham Canal afree evicting a large number families near Mylapore and Mandaveli. As compensation the State government allotted alternative land at Balaji nagar of Pallikaranai.

Now a new encroachment has started cropping up with concrete houses being built right along the elevated corridor of the MRTS near Perungudi railway station. The Perungudi and Velachery railway stations were constructed along the perimeter of the Pallikaranai Marshland.