:::::::::::::..........South Chennai Wetlands

S.No	Plant Name	Family	Colloquial Name	Values
1	Typha Angustifolia	Thyphaceae	Elephant grass, Sambu	Fodder
2	Eicchornia Crassipes	Potederiaceae	Water Hyacinth, Aagaya thamarai.	Fodder
3	Brachiaria Mutica	Poaceae	Buffollow grass, Sanampullu.	Fodder
4	Sparganium Erectum	Sparganiaceae	Vengaya thamarai.	Fodder
5	Ceratophyllum Linn.	Ceratophyllaceae	Nasu.	Cooling, usefull in biliousness, hairs contain microphyllin
6	Vallisneria	Hydrocharitaceae	Kuthirai vellam pasi.	Edible, ornamental plant
7	Ipomoea Aqatica Forsk.	Convolulaceae	Swamp cabbage, vellai keerai	Edible, good source of minerals and vitamins
8	Ipomea Crassa	NA	Lotus, Alli thamarai	Edible and ornamental, seeds employed in cetaceous diseases
9	Maritima Suaeda	Chenopodiaceae	Common Indian salt wort, Vellakeerai	Edible and reclamation for saline soil.
10	Nymphaea Linn.	Nymphaeaceae	Europian white lilly, Alli	Edible, used for alcohol ind., tanning, has medicinal values.
11	Cressa Cretica Linn.	Convolvulaceae	Uppu marikolunthu	Used as tonic, aphrodisiac and stomachic.
12	Calotropis gigantean	Asclepiadacae	Erruku	Twine, seed for stuffing mattress and pillows.
13	Datura metal Linn.	Solanaceae	Karu Uumathambai	Leaves narcotic and antispasmodic, oil seeds
14	Parthenium Linn.	Astraceae	Mukuthi poo	Medicinal,fonic, dysentery
15	Acacia nilotica Linn.	Mimosaceae	Mimo, Karuvelam.	Tannin, furniture works

S.No		Common Name	Italian Name
1	FISHES	Tilapia	Tilapia mossa
2		Cat fish	Mystus guilo
3		Snake head fish	Ophice phallus punctatus
4		Mosquito fish	Gambusia affinis
5	LIZARDS	Gardern Lizard	Calotes versicolor
6		Monitor Lizard	Varanus spp.
7		Black pond turtle	Melanochelys tarjuda
8		Termite Gecko	Hemidactylus spp.
9	MAMMALS	Three stripped ground squirrel	Funambulus Palmarum
10		Bandicoot rat	Bandicota indica
11		Mongoose	Herpestes edwardsi
12		Black napped have	Lepus nigricolis
13	FROGS	Green frog	Rana crassa
14		Narrow mouthed frog	Microhyla rubra
15		Trec frog	Polypedatus maculates
16		Common toad	Bufo melonastictes
17		Ferguson’s toad
18	SNAKES	Checked Keelback	Xenochrophis piscator
19		Vine snake	Ahaetulla nasutus
20		Bronze back tree snake	Dendrolaphis tristis
21		Striped keelback	Amptiesma stolata
22		Rat snake	Ptyas mucosus
23		Common skink	Mabuya cainato
24		Snake skink	Riopa punctata

Table 4 – List of Birds identified in South Chennai wetlands

Sl.	COMMON NAME	LATIN NAME	TAMIL NAME	R/RM/M
1	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficolis	Tanni Pullu	R
2	Little Cormorant	Phalacrocorax	Pambuttara	RM
3	Darter (snake bird)	Anhinga rufa	Neela Kagam	RM
4	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	Perin Vellai Kokku	RM
5	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Sambal Narai	RM
6	Paddy Bird	Ardeola grayii	Kulatthu Kokku	RM
7	Cattle Egret	Bulbulcus idis	Unni Kokku	RM
8	Chestnut Egret	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Kuruttu Kokku	RM
9	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Chinna vellai Kokku	R
10	Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	NA	M
11	Old billed Stork	Mycteria leucocephala	Nathai Kuthai Narai	RM
12	Black winged Kite	Elanus Caeruleus	NA	R
13	Common pariah kite	Milvus migrans	Periya Parandu	R
14	Shikra	Accipiter badius	NA	R
15	Buzzard	Buteo	Parandu	M

NA- Not available · R – Residential · M – Migratory · RM – Residential and migratory

Village	ToPopn	Male	Female	SC	Lit	Mlit	Flit	Agr	Vac	Ind	Res
Medavakkam	6432	51	48	22	49	58	39	15	25	25	30
Medavakkam	Far Flung from Chennai city- hence low literacy rate.
Jalladempettai	5062	50	49	5	62	68	52	25	25	10	20
Jalladempettai	Female are predominantly house hold workers here
Pallikaranai	7822	52	47	28	67	73	61	35	NA	NA	NA
Pallikaranai	Heart of the wetland, Other State Populace and NIOT
Perungudi and Seevaram	9709	53	46	70	59	62	8	NA	35	NA	NA
Perungudi and Seevaram	STP located here, twin villages form the part of the town panchayat headquartered at Perungudi
Velachery	43,796	51	48	11.7	73	79	86	NA	NA	NA	NA
Velachery	Cosmopolitan Urbanized, Real Estate heaven, MRTS, MNCs
Okkiyam Thoraipakkam	9679	53	46	11	69	77	61	20	25	NA	30
Okkiyam Thoraipakkam	Jeppiar Educational Trust

Table 5 Remote Sensing Analysis

Mapping tech.	Categories	Location
Habitat Zones	Open Water	Central and south east
	Between Open Water & Shore Land	Central south
	Shore Land	Central
	Barren	North, South, Central, SE and SW
	Sparsely Vegetated Barren Islet	SE , SW and North
	Built Up	North and South
Turbidity	Low Turbidity	Central and South East
	Medium Turbidity	East, central and South
	High Turbidity	Scattered all over
Vegetation	Water	Central, South
	Submerged Vegetation	Central
	Polluted Vegetation	North and South
	Floating Vegetation	Central , North And South
	Shore Land Vegetation	Around deep waters
	Emergent Vegetation	Central
	Dry Vegetation	South
	Shrubs	East and south
Land Use	Deep Water,	Central and South East
	Shoreline Vegetation	North West and Central
	Dry Beds,	North, Central and South
	Shallow Water,
	Thick Vegetation	Thick vegetation
	Contaminated Vegetation,	South
	Built Up Areas	South West and North
	Landfills	Central
	Open Areas	South, South East and East

Parameters	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3	Sample 4	Sample 5
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
Appearance	Sly, Blackish	Sly, Blackish	Sly, Blackish	Sly, Blackish	Sly, Blackish
Odor	H2S Smell	H2S Smell	H2S Smell	H2S Smell	H2S Smell
Turbidity NTU	26.9	42.0	66.9	69.6	83.2
Total Dissolved Salts	1516	3020	3036	2704	2840
Electrical Conductivity mic S/cm	2092	4236	4246	3681	3895
CHEMICAL EXAMINATION
PH	7.96	7.83	7.88	6.99	7.26
Alkalinity Ph as CaCO₃	0	0	0	0	0
Alkalinity Total as CaCO₃	556	788	808	720	680
Total hardness as CaCO₃	464	720	710	590	670
Calcium as Ca	98	188	200	144	172
Magnesium as Mg	53	60	50	55	58
Sodium as Na	207	540	531	459	486
Potassium as K	37.5	70	65	55	55
Iron Total as Fe	0.09	0.29	0.11	0.46	0.52
Mangneese as Mn	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Free Ammonia as NH₃	37.72	52.92	50.91	70.42	53.86
Nitrate as NO₂	0.008	0.03	0.015	0.007	0.028
Nitrate as NO₃	0.45	0.09	1	Nil	0.45
Chloride as Cl	318	980	1004	735	833
Flouride as F	0.44	0.3	0.07	0.66	.38
Sulpahte as S0₄	24	28	42	267	221
Phospahate as PO₄	19.60	28.11	33.43	23.08	19.89
Tidy’s test	20	36	36	123	97
Silica as “SiO₂”	4.72	5.68	3.21	67.24	57.66

Sample 2: Pallikaranai Swamp - proximate to the Velacherry –Tambaram Main Road opposite to the Alandur Municipality,

Sample 3: Pallikaranai Swamp – intersection of the Velacherry –Tambaram Main Road and the Pallavaram By-Pass, near NIOT ,

Sample 4: Pallikaranai Swamp – Underbridge near the Thoraipakkam intersection close to the Perungudi STP,

Owner/ user of the land	Area	Owner/ User of the land	Area
Perungudi STP (Total Area)	957	Alandur Mun. STP	20
STP	31	STP-CCRCP	100
Corp. of Chennai for Garbage Dumping	74	Highways Department- Radial Roadways	25.60
		Remaining land (Swamp Area)	706.40

SNAKES

Table 4 – List of Birds identified in South Chennai wetlands

Table 5 Remote Sensing Analysis

Turbidity

Vegetation

Land Use