Pattinapakkam

Pattinapakkam Secretariat Plan Triggers Protest Across Eight Fishing Villages

A proposed new secretariat project in Pattinapakkam has sparked resistance from eight fishing villages, with residents warning that the development could disrupt livelihoods, access routes and the coastal ecology they depend on. The protest has sharpened an already sensitive debate over how urban expansion is being pursued along Chennai’s shoreline, where fishing communities say they are being asked to absorb the costs of state-led infrastructure planning.