As owning a house is beyond the reach of the poor and middle class due to an increase in the prices in the ever-expanding Chennai, a satellite township near Thirumazhisai on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway will be created, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa told the Assembly on Thursday.
Making a suo motu statement, she said the Rs. 2,160-crore Thirumazhisai Satellite Township would come up on 311.05 acres of land owned by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board.
The township would include Chembarambakkam, Kuthambakkam, Parvatharajapuram, Narasingapuram and Vellavedu villages.
A total of 12,000 flats will be constructed and made available to the economically weaker section and low and middle income groups.
She said the government would negotiate with land owners to acquire 12.87 acres to create an approach road to the satellite town, which would have all basic amenities, including drinking water, facilities for disposal of sewage, storm water pipes, streetlights, schools, hospitals, community halls, parks, play grounds and a bus stand.
In Chennai, 554 flats would be constructed on 3.73 acres near Ashok Pillar at a cost of Rs. 100 crore.
The place used to be a furniture factory of the Tamil Nadu Housing Board and had remained unused for the last 15 years.
Similarly, 5.6 acres of vacant land in the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games Village at Koyambedu would be used for constructing a 4.66 lakh sq ft commercial complex at a cost of Rs. 116 crore. Besides, 120 Housing Board flats will also be constructed on 1.44 lakh sq ft at a cost of Rs. 33 crore.
As 2011 is the golden jubilee year for the TNHB, the Chief Minister announced that allocation of housing board plots, flats and house to the differently abled would be increased to three per cent from one per cent.
17-storey office complex
Ms. Jayalalithaa said the government would construct a 17-storey office complex at Nandanam to meet the requirement of office space. The Rs. 100-crore green building would come up on two lakh sq. ft of space and the rent would be utilised for the maintenance of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board flats.
No doubt providing houses for all is a sign that government is
functioning for welfare of people. However, I do not understand how so
much money is needed to build a so called "affordable" house on land
that is already owned by government. If you convert the figures given
in the 3 housing projects mentioned above into per flat or per house
cost, what you get is a construction cost ranging from Rs 18 lakhs to
Rs 30 lakhs - for an affordable-looking house or flat. Unless the TN
Government is planning to provide mansions to the poor, this much
construction cost is indefensible.
When a better quality house can be built by the poor person
himself/herself at 1/10th of the cost, why should the government get
into the business of constructing houses ? Let the government give
money - not through direct subsidy transfer, but through employment
opportunities or loans, and let us people do the construction. We do
it more efficiently than you Ms J Jayalalithaa !
No doubt providing houses for all is a sign that government is functioning for welfare of people. However, I do not understand how so much money is needed to build a so called "affordable" house on land that is already owned by government. If you convert the figures given in the 3 housing projects mentioned above into per flat or per house cost, what you get is a construction cost ranging from Rs 18 lakhs to Rs 30 lakhs - for an affordable-looking house or flat. Unless the TN Government is planning to provide mansions to the poor, this much construction cost is indefensible.
When a better quality house can be built by the poor person himself/herself at 1/10th of the cost, why should the government get into the business of constructing houses ? Let the government give money - not through direct subsidy transfer, but through employment opportunities or loans, and let us people do the construction. We do it more efficiently than you.
great work up plan...felt justified in selecting this govt...lets hope for its completion :)
Make Thanjavur, the historic capital of Tamils the administrative capital city of Tamil Nadu state. This was even proposed by MGR, but was shelved.
Thanjavur is very close to Geographic Centre of Tamil Nadu. Distance from Thanjavur to southern coast of Tamil Nadu is less than 1/2 the distance from Madras to these areas.
Shifting of administrative capital city will bring more development to southern areas, will be easier to control caste problems in Southern TN, it will also decongest Madras city to some extent.
Excellent move by TN Govt.
Shift all the central and state government Offices and High court to the new place. Even the Central Railway station can be shifted so as to decongest the city.
1200 dwelling units for low middle class people would really be appreciated. Nice move by TN Gov.
Good move. We need more satellite townships like this to decongest the city and also make it slum free.
Thanks for news of my city. Chennai should look like Singapore. Roads are to be widened. PWD should have more powers, lot of demolitions to be made on Arcot Road near Virugambakkam thanks to the new governement.
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