The Times of India 02.03.2017
CMDA seeks plan to develop Nandivaram land
CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has decided to appoint a consultant to suggest appropriate use for the temple land at Nandivaram near Guduvanchery previously identified for a bus terminus.
After deciding to set up the terminus at Urapakkam, abandoning the
Nandivaram plot, the CMDA is contemplating to use it for an infrastructure project. Tenders have been floated inviting consultants
to conduct a feasibility study to identify the kind of project that can
be launched there. The study will focus on various factors, including
the market demand and development models for economically viable
projects on the 16-acre plot behind the Guduvanchery bus terminus.
CMDA has sought transfer of the plot belonging to the Hindu Religious
and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) department at Nandivaram. While
the HR&CE department will generate revenue through the leased out
land, the CMDA has approached the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure
Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL) to appoint consultants for
preparing the feasibility report.
of project such as a truck terminal, housing project or wholesale market
that can be taken up. “We have not conceived any particular project and
the consultant will only identify what can be established,” an official
privy to the developments told TOI. CMDA has implemented several
projects, including the Chennai Moffusil Bus Terminus (CMBT) and
wholesale vegetable, fruit and flower markets at Koyambedu in the past.
As the land identified is not within the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA)
limits, the study will also focus on the regulations such as land
classification and zoning for the project that the consultant identifies
as suitable in the locality.
Last year, after plans to acquire land for a bus terminus at Vandalur
ran into rough weather, CMDA decided to establish the facility at
Nandivaram. This plan too was shifted, to neighbouring Urapakkam, as the
revenue department transferred a piece of land to the CMDA following a
favourable verdict over the disputed land (at Urapakkam). Against this
backdrop, the planning authority is now eyeing the Nandivaram land.