Pallikaranai area contains several water bodies and many lakes and is also the home for the reputed National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), which is the real technical arm under Govt of India.

The effectiveness of the new sewage scheme is still in question due to the substandard contract approvals and usage of low quality construction materials.

Way back from the start of project in 2009, most of the street roads in Pallikaranai are damaged for laying sewage pipes and then left untarred causing inconvenience for transportation.

Pallikaranai is surrounded by Madipakkam in the northwest, Velachery in the north, Perungudi in the northeast, Kovilambakkam in the west, Thuraipakkam in the east, Nanmangalam in southwest, Medavakkam in the south and Karapakkam in the southeast on ECR.

Pallikaranai is a vast, marshy area bounded by -Velachery in north -Medavakkam in south -Kovilambakkam in west and -Okkiyampettai Thuraipakkam in east The swamp is helpful in charging the aquifers of the region.

Many representations have been made by residents to officials like Chennai Mayor, CM, Kancheepuram Collector and even to local police for which no action has been taken so far.

The State Highways Minister, Mr. Saminathan announced the construction of this project in February after an inspection of Pallikaranai, where work on minor bridges was in progress.

As per the design, vehicles towards Pallikaranai and Velachery would ply on the bridge, while motorists proceeding to Pallavaram and Thoraipakkam would be using the road beneath, according to senior engineers of the Highways Department.

There is CMDA master plan for to develop outer ring road 200 feet, medavakkam to karapakkam (OMR) via jalladianpet and pallikaranai.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120208092938/http://www.cmdamaps.tn.nic.in/ in this website, get map, of masterplan land use for pallikaranai, jalladianpettai,(st thomas mount taluka) karapakkam, medavakkam.

Fish such as Dwarf gourami and Chromides that are widely bred and traded worldwide for aquaria, occur naturally in Pallikaranai.

Besides, the Windowpane oyster, Mud crab, Mullet, Halfbeak and Green chromide are some of the estuarine fauna present in the marsh.

Many mid-size IT companies and MNCs are located here, including Future Works, Hexawave, Jasmine Tech, Paragon, and Kaladi.

A very prominent center of Dental care in the city of Chennai, it has all the amenities and facilities to give first-rate treatment to its patients.

It is a co-educational institution of repute which offers courses in Arts, Science, Commerce, Business Administration and Hotel Management.

It is a co-educational institution of repute which offers courses in arts, science, commerce, business administration and hotel management.

The major aim of starting NIOT under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, is to develop reliable indigenous technology to solve the various engineering problems associated with harvesting of non-living and living resources in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is about two-thirds of the land area of India.