Chennai, April 30: After the second master plan for the city, released in 2008, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has now decided to evolve a detailed development plan for the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA), which will help the government and city corporation map out the growth of the city, identify new sources of drinking water for Chennai and locate sites for sewer treatment plants and solid waste landfills.

According to a CMDA official, the detailed plan will chalk out zoning of land for specific land use, infrastructure facilities like parks and playgrounds, link roads, thoroughfares for proper movement of traffic, public facilities and commercial and industrial areas. CMDA officials said this will facilitate balanced development within the ambit of the master plan.

“The plan will have comprehensive details of each and every plot in the CMA, which includes Chennai city, 16 municipalities, 20 town panchayats and 214 village panchayats across an area of 1,189 sq. km. CMDA will propose the kind of development that should be carried out in every plot within the CMA,” an official said.

Pointing out that the detailed development plan will allow for the redevelopment of an area, the official added that it will also identify places where road widening is required.

“This will enable us to enhance infrastructure facilities in an area by identifying the locations for such amenities,” he noted. “It will also address physical infrastructure such as water supply, location of sewer treatment plants and solid waste landfill sites. It will also serve as a guide for investments in an area.”