Shanthala Ramesh This Paper was submitted to the District Environmental Engineer at the Public Hearing conducted at Ernavur for the ETPS Expansion Project on 20 December 2024 Abstract: Ennore Thermal Power Station (ETPS) Expansion Project is haunting the Flood Challenged citizens of Chennai. It is being planned at a site that is low lying and flood prone. The site was repeatedly inundated in 2005 and 2023. It was one of the most affected by the 2023 December Oil Spill from CPCL. However, the EIA Report has not bothered to study and understand about the flood threats to the site. Instead it has doctored the data relating to site’s distance from the nearby Kosasthalaiyar River to get the mandatory Environmental Clearance. The CRZ Map for the Area shows the Project’s Ash Ponds located with in the Flood Hazard Line. Filling up the site to increase its altitude in order to become inundation free is put forward as the solution. However, if the site’s altitude is increased, ...