It will submit proposals to government on November 15
Chennai Corporation proposes to undertake improvement of basic amenities, particularly in areas that have been merged with it recently, at a cost of Rs.225 crore. It will submit the project proposals for approval to the State government on November 15.
Following the announcement of the State government to improve infrastructure in the expanded Chennai Corporation as part of a mega city development mission, the civic body has commenced preparation of detailed reports for the proposed projects. According to a senior official of the Corporation, while the focus would be on upgrading arterial roads to international standards in the city, the emphasis in the new areas would be on improving streetlights and solid waste management.
An integrated plan for solid waste management with an estimated cost of Rs.75 crore in the newly added areas has been proposed. Streetlights in the areas would be improved at a cost of Rs.50 crore. The remaining Rs.100 crore would be used towards improvement of road connectivity between the newly added areas and the old city limits. All eight zones in the newly added areas would get a garbage transfer station, lorry stations, compactors and adequate garbage bins. Streetlights fittings with tubelights and mercury vapour lamps in the newly added areas would be converted to sodium vapour lamps as is the case in the old city limits. Detailed project report is being prepared for improvement of 30 arterial roads forming four corridors of around 40 km that would connect important parts of the expanded city. This would be a support network for the Highways Department's plan of improvement of 60 km of roads, including Inner Ring Road, Anna Salai, Poonamallee High Road and the southern arm of Inner Ring Road connecting GST Road and Velachery. The roads would be widened in some areas according to requirements and would have better traffic flow with superior pedestrian facilities. The government has proposed to upgrade main arterial roads to international standards besides improving interior roads in the city. “The effort would be a stepping stone for future improvement of infrastructure in the newly added areas,” said Raj Cherubal, Director-Projects, Chennai City Connect.
Keywords: Chennai Corporation, basic amenities, Chennai expansion
sethulakshmi avenue mnpakkam is fast developing with may multistoryed
complexes coming up. in all thre are ariund 30 residential complexes for
which there is only one transformer and one dustbin in an open
conditions. transformer problem has become order of the day . more ove
dustbin is always overflowing causing bad smell and health problems in
our area .will the corportion kind enough to take up this work on a
proprity basis and help the residents .
I am pouring out my frustration here. The roads in Porur are worse. In Porur (Lakshmi Nagar Area) the roads were so good earlier but due to corporation water connection the roads were dug and left without being modified. Roads from Valasarawakkam, Saligramam, Porur especially Lakshmi Nagar are in a state of HELL. I hope that the corporation is taking up steps in revamping the roads as the Chennai citizens are suffering a lot for no fault of theirs. Request the corporation officials to take this matter seriously and ensure the roads are properly laid in the above mentioned areas. There is innumerable pot holes. I Request the CORPORATION OFFICIALS TO WAKE UP and start resolving our queries because i think even their staff are coming from such worst areas.. Please WAKE UP AND UNITE and Let us all make our Chennai peoples life comfortable rather than involving politics in all such matters.. PRAY TO GOD..
Good ideas. But the basic water/drainage is missing in the OMR area which has the best roads. Perungudi has the biggest sewage treatment which never gets treated properly. I hope this will input will help. I am giving an example of best developed infra. I do not want to say about other areas which can be improved. Basic infrastructure of water/drainage and roads will help to improve city's basic infrastructure.
I guess i am just venting out frustration here. The roads in Chennai,
after i returned from an abroad trip of 4 years, are worse than ever
before. And i am not even in a USA-India comparison mode here. Just by
India standards, the roads are pathetic. Arterial roads - Arcot road,
roads in Anan Nagar, Roads near guindy are all in one hellish state. I
swear, i cannot get out of my house in Valasarawakkam and onto the
main road if it rains, because water surrounds the nearby streets and
makes it IMPOSSIBLE to walk out. I can only ride a bike with my legs
up in the air. I am not a sitting-and-doing-nothing-about-it-critic. I
have filed an RTI about the condition of bad roads near my locality. I
can only hope that the new projects the corporation is taking up is
done in spirit and not because it has to be done. Else God save the
country.
Monsoon-floods-bad roads-monsoon-floods-bad roads is the manthra that is reverberating Chennaites` ears. Only solution for this is to handover all roads in old and expanded Chennai Corporation to real engineering contractors like M/S L&T who should be asked to study each road and do the needful on a permanent basis. Storm water drains, street lights and bus shelters should also be clubbed with this as there should be proper drains for rain water and also shelter for lakhs of MTC commuters. Let the amount to be spent be separate for old and new areas but the contractor be the same.
R.Paul Pandian- rppn@indiatimes.com
sir, Iwould like to say about our city and other metro cities. clean and neatness should educate our people. the corporation must take care about waste management system. why we pay for maintaining collecting deberies each road every thing should all user and shop owners like throughing plastic wastes and packing materials ,food wastages , vegitable deberies etc., the user must collect and transport to concern waste collector with their own cost.corporation must vigil their activities. I have design new sanitation project like self cleaning toilets avoid human cleaning work.but every thing based on politics. so my project not yet implimented. how ever always fight for clean city for good health.
don't waste the money on devolping roads...improve the standarded of education...try to reduce the unemployment....
It is amusing to read that the Chennai Corporation is seeking to improve amenities in the newly expanded areas. One look at Velachery today (04/11/2011) after the rains will show anyone as to how the Corporation has failed to provide even basic amenities in the original corporation limits. The entire suburb is flooded with innumerable potholes. This with the uncleared garbage makes Velachery a veritable hell. That this has been the story for the past decade or so is well known to all. Under the circumstances, it is anybody's guess as to how the Corporation is going to manage its affairs in the mega city.
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