While a village panchayat namely Idayanchavadi in Minjur limit would be the city corporation’s entry point from the northern side, Uthandi village panchayat on East Coast Road would be its boundary on the southern side.

Municipalities like Kathivakkam, Thiruvottiyur and Manali (in north) Madhavaram, Ambattur, Maduravoyal and Valsaravakkam (in the west), and Alandur and Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam in the south have been included in the city limits.

Town panchayats like Chinna Sekkadu, Puzhal, Porur, Nandambakkam, Meenambakkam, Perungudi, Pallikaranai and Chozhinganallur, and 25 village panchayats, Idayanchavadi, Sadayankuppam, Kadapakkam, Theeyambakkam, Mathur, Vadaperumbakkam, Surapet, Kadirvedu, Puthagaram, Nolambur, Kaarambakkam, Nerkundram, Ramapuram, Mugalivakkam, Manapakkam, Kottivakkam, Palavakkam, Neelankarai, Injambakkam, Karapakkam, Okkiyam Thoraipakkam, Madipakkam, Jalladampettai, Semmenchery and Uthandi have also been included in the Corporation.

Since the immediate merger requires the dissolution of these local bodies, it has been planned to form the new and greater corporation after the tenure of elected representatives of these local bodies expires in 2011.

According to the GO, the Commissioner of the Chennai Corporation has been entrusted to finalise boundaries of each Corporation ward, formation of new zones and the permission to appoint a special officer to carry out the work if the need arose.

This expansion of the city limit is to arrive at comprehensive planning for the development of infrastructure and to optimize all resources, including financial, which differs in each local body.