HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND PLANNING

HUMAN SETTLEMENT PLANNING OF SHOLINGANALLUR

2. WHAT WAS THE CORE OF DEVELOPMENT PROCESS?
▪ PEOPLE STARTED SETTLE AROUND THE TEMPLES SUCH AS PRATHAYANGARA DEVI TEMPLE AND AGRICULTURE WAS THEIR PRIMARY
OCCUPATION IN THE EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT.

▪ THE RAPID GROWTH OF SHOLINGANALLUR'S ECONOMY, POPULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,BUSINESS PARKS AND DEDICATEDSPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE.IT HAS BECOME THE IT HUB FOR
CHENNAI CITY SINCE MAJOR IT COMPANIES AND MAJOR WORKFORCE (AROUND 2 LAKH EMPLOYEES) ARE LOCATED IN THIS
REGION. IMPROVEMENT OF IT PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, GOVERNMENT DEVELOPED ELCOT IN
SHOLINGANALLUR.

▪ DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE IT CORRIDOR IN THE OMR STRETCH PEOPLE STARTED TO SETTLE THERE FOR THEIR
OCCUPATION. AFTER THE HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN SHOLINGANALLUR, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING AND
AMENITIES STARTED TO DEVELOP AS IT IS THE PEOPLE’S BASIC NEED. SO IT OFFICES PLAYED THE MAJOR ROLE IN THE CORE
DEVELOPMENT OF SHOLINGANALLUR.
3. GROWTH TRIGGERS - FACTORS INFLUENCED THE GROWTH OF SHOLINGANALLUR

▪ RAJIV GANDHI SALAI WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SHOLINGANALLUR WHICH CONNECTS TO THE IT CORRIDOR
THOUGHOUT THE OMR STRETCH.

▪ ELCOT SEZ AND OTHER IT BUILDINGS INSIDE ITS CAMPUS HELPED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, HOTEL, SERVICED APARTMENT
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NORTH WESTERN QUADRANT.

▪ DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SUCH AS NOVOTEL, CITADINES, ALCOFT CHENNAI.

▪ CHEAPER LAND VALUE IS ALSO THE MAIN REASON FOR THE MORE NUMBER OF MIGRATIONS THAN OTHER PARTS OF THE
CHENNAI ( SOUTH CHENNAI HAS 53 % OF MIGRATION WORKERS IN THE WHOLE CHENNAI ).

▪ WATER TABLE LEVEL.

▪ JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN NEAR BY IT SECTORS LIKE ELCOT SEZ, SIRUSERI SIPCOT ETC.

▪ INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS SUCH AS – SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY, SATHAK ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE ETC.

4. PHYSICAL FORM OF THE GROWTH OF SHOLINGANALLUR

THE SETTLEMENT PATTERN OF SHOLINGANALLUR IS LINEAR SINCE MOST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS ALONG THE OMR
ROAD (RAJIV GANDHI SALAI) AND BUCKINGHAM CANAL.
5. HOW DID THE POPULATION GROWTH IMPACT THE DEMAND OF INFRASTRUCTURE
AND SERVICES ?
▪ AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT SECTORS IN SHOLINGANALLUR, THE PEOPLE GOT SETTLED DUE THEIR OCCUPATION WHICH
INCREASED THE POPULATION TO GROW. THE POPULATION OF SHOLINGANALLUR IS 75000+ AS ESTIMATED TO GET DOUBLED BY
2030, SO MANY APARTMENTS AND HOUSING STARTED TO DEVELOP IN SHOLINGANALLUR WHERE SERVICES AND
INFRASTRUCTURE ALSO GOT IMPROVED.

▪ TO INCREASE THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES THERE IS A DEMAND FOR OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

▪ THE DEMAND FOR BASIC SERVICES LIKE WATER, FOOD AND SANITATION ALSO INCREASES WITH INCREASE IN POPULATION

▪ INFACT, GOVERNMENT HAS PLACED SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THIS STRETCH, SO THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH INFRASTRUCTURE. IT
HAS WELL PLANNED DRAINAGE SYSTEM, CLEAN ROADS AND PROXIMITY OF SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSITUTION.

▪ THUS POPULATION GROWTH IMPACTS THE DEMAND OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES

6. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT PANDEMIC SITUATION IN THE GROWTH
OF SHOLINGANALLUR?
▪ DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC INSTITUTIONS AND IT SECTORS ARE CLOSED.

▪ PEOPLE STARTED MOVING TO THEIR HOME TOWN AND WORK FROM HOME BECOME A NEW TREND.

▪ 60% OF SHOLINGANALLUR WAS RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND MOST OF IT WAS PG HOSTELS AND RENTED HOMES FOR COLLEGE
STUDENTS AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.

▪ SINCE EVERYONE LEFT TO THEIR HOMETOWN THERE IS NO INCOME FOR THE HOUSE OWNERS. THIS AFFECTS THEIR LIVELIHOOD
SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PLACES LIKE HOTELS, MALLS, SHOPPING CENTERS LOST THEIR REVENUE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

▪ THE OVERALL ECONOMY AND LIVING STANDARDS OF PEOPLE IS GOT AFFECTED SIMULTANEOUSLY IT SLOWS DOWN THE
SPEED OF THE GROWTH OF SHOLINGANALLUR.

▪ SO THE MAJOR TRAFFIC HAS CUT DOWN. MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT REMAINS VACANT WHICH MAKES LESS
DEMAND ON HOUSING AT THE PRESENT.
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