Chennai
With the city expanding at a fast pace, expectations for better infrastructure are running high.
The state government is mulling the CMDA’s proposal to declare Chennai Mega Region for better regional planning on the lines of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad, since the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) extending to 1,189 sq km was declared four decades ago.
The second master plan has foreseen larger development outside the Chennai Metropolitan Area along the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (IT corridor), Grand Southern Trunk Road and Grand Western Trunk Road in areas around Sriperumbudur, Kelambakkam, Tiruvallur and Maraimalai Nagar. Sources said the CMA area will be extended up to 8,000 sq km. The CMDA has already submitted a preliminary report to the government in this regard.
Source: The Times of India, Chennai
