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Chennai’s George Town To Be Redeveloped Soon

Prahalad Singh
 March 16, 2020

Highlights:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will launch a year-long survey to

redevelop one of Chennai’s most densely populated and disorganized areas “Geroge
Town”.

Most of the buildings in George Town have architectural violations and are not
considered safe.

An initial survey conveyed by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)

exposed that over 99% of the buildings in the town had violated the construction
standards.

The Authority would analyze all major features of wider roads, public open spaces, better
ventilation, improve physical and social infrastructural facilities to fulfill better living
conditions in the city.

The Madras School of Economics will provide direction in the development of business
and economic profile of the George Town area.

To start this project, an amount of Rs 40 lakhs was issued in the month of September
and by March 2020 this project.

The city of Chennai could add one more feather to its cap as in a major announcement, the
oldest quarters of Chennai, George Town is all set to be redeveloped soon. Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) will launch a year-long survey to redevelop
one of Chennai’s most densely populated and disorganized areas.

An official from the housing and urban development department said the purpose of the
study was to redevelop the area without displacing the local population.

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The Authority would analyze all major features of wider roads, public open spaces, better
ventilation, improve physical and social infrastructural facilities to fulfill better living
conditions in the city. Apart from that, the authority will also survey the volume of sewage
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discharged by the households and the amount water supply in the area.
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In 2014, a survey was conducted by Chennai Corporation and found that of the 11,300
buildings on roads that are less than 9m wide, only 72 were constructed as per the
planning permission. The report submitted to the Madras High Court said that more than
99% of buildings in George Town were constructed either without an approved plan or in
violation of rules.

An initial survey conveyed by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)

exposed that over 99% of the buildings in the town had violated the construction standards.
Some of these do not even have the approved plan. The current survey conducted by the
authority will principally focus on the repair of buildings in adherence to the Tamil Nadu
Combined Development and Building Rules (TNCDBR).

Two locations from Chennai have been selected for the pilot project, 2nd being 151 hectares
of Agaramthen Village which falls under the jurisdiction of St Thomas Panchayat Union.

Most of the buildings in George Town have architectural violations and are not considered
safe.

More than 60% of the buildings in the area are over 50 years old. As a result, immediate
consideration is required to assure safety.

The George Town area named for the pilot town planning scheme is surrounded by Wall Tax
Road on the West, Basin Bridge Road on the North, North Fort Road and Periyar EVR Salai on
the South, and Rajaji Salai on the East.

As per the 2nd Masterplan Land Use Map, the area preferred for the pilot project is listed
under various land-use zones which include primary residential, mixed residential use zone,
institutional and industrial use zones.

The Madras School of Economics will provide direction in the development of business and
economic profile of the George Town area.

Sources said a business and economy profile of George Town will be made to identify town
planning interventions needed for business growth and expansion.

This may add the development of a logistics park or a financial hub to provide banking,
insurance, and legal sectors.

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The research was previously approved by CMDA to form guidelines and unfold effective
means to implement redevelopment projects in Chennai Metropolitan Area.

The guidelines are usually for the area redevelopment which includes demolition and
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reconstruction of private and government properties including reconstitution of plot and

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better circulation by means of new roads.

On 30th November 2019, for the development of George Town, as a part of the pilot local area
plan and implementation of the pilot town planning scheme at Agaramthen Village under Atal
Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), the center has approved an
amount of Rs 2 crore.

It must be considered that 150 hectares in George Town would be redeveloped and the town
planning scheme would be implemented in 151 hectares of Agaramthen. To start this
project, an amount of Rs 40 lakhs was issued in the month of September and by March
2020 this project would be completed.

Chennai is among the 25 cities selected for the above-said pilot project. As TUFIDCO has not
issued the funds to CMDA or Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority which is the nodal
agency, the funds issued by the center is yet to be utilized.

About George Town:

In 1911, during the colonial period, the area in and around Muthialpet in Madras was renamed
as George Town by the British. In honor of King George V when he was honored Emperor
Town make larger approximately from Chennai Central railway station and People’s Park in
the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east. To the north is Basin Bridge and Royapuram while
Fort St George bounds it on the South

Image source: New Indian Express

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