development is taking place on a body of water. In its RTI answer, the town planning authority indicated that the tehsildar's info is not confirmed since they lack the means to do so owing to insufficient maps. In other terms, if a builder submits a tehsildar certificate stating that no water body exists on the site where they wish to construct, the urban planning office does not double-check the allegation. "Some of the information is with the tehsildar's office, and some is with the state tax department," said architect Tara Murali. "Why can't the tehsildar's information be included into the master plan in this day and age of digitisation?" (Chennai Water Bodies, n.d.).
Figure 6 CMA Major Waterways & Waterbodies Map 35 | P a g e
