CMDA officials sealing a portion of the building in Periamet on Tuesday. — Photo: R. Ragu
: Five floors of a building in Periamet were sealed by officials of the
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) on Tuesday.
According to a release, the owner of the commercial
building on old No.32, new No.36, Thiruvengadam Street and old No.34,
new No.41, Naval Hospital Road had started constructing five additional
floors in an existing G+3 floor building without obtaining permission
from the CMDA.
The owner failed to furnish any approved plan in response to the notice issued by the CMDA.
Later, the owner submitted a planning permission
application requesting regularisation of the building. The application
was examined and planning permission refused by the CMDA.
The five floors of the building were sealed under the provisions of Sections 56 and 57 of Town and Country Planning Act, 1971.
The owner of the multi-storeyed building violated the
development regulations in terms of site extent, excess coverage,
abutting road width, parking, set back space, floor space index and fire
safety measures, the release said.
CMDA shops allotment draws traders’ ire
Tuesday, 01 February 2011 09:56
administrator
The New Indian Express 01.02.2011
CMDA shops allotment draws traders’ ire
CHENNAI: The allotment of shops in Koyambedu market through a lottery system by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has drawn the ire of some traders who said they were not notified earlier of a court stay order on three of the shops while CMDA officials claimed that there was nothing wrong in the procedure.
The shops were allotted to traders on Monday through a lottery system despite protests from some traders. Some of them claimed that they have shelled out ` 1,250 for allotment of shops under the system thinking that all the 12 shops would be auctioned. However, to their dismay, only nine shops were to be auctioned.
Interestingly, the allocation was only for 11 shops, official sources said, adding, “Now we found out a file and one more shop was allotted.” He also dismissed the protest by some traders stating that they were following the due procedure and they had come to know of the stay order only recently.
“This is irresponsibility of the authorities. How could they change it in the last hour,” a trader questioned. “While they were selling applications, they never mentioned there is a stay order. But today all of a sudden they sprang a surprise by claiming there is a stay order on three shops,” the trader complained.
Some of them even slammed the CMDA authorities of being unaware of what they are allotting. Interestingly, the allotment of shops comes in the wake of Madras High Court notice on a Public Interest Litigation challenging the provision of the CMDA for providing 15 per cent reservation of shops in the Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex (KWMC) for allotment under the chairman’s discretionary quota.
CMDA sources said that three shops were not allotted as there was stay order against them. These include N-52, F-17 and C48 I. There was no service shop which figured in the allotment. Sources said the shops were for fruits and vegetables besides a spinach shop.
“The rates vary as per the nature of shops. While a vegetable shop costs ` 2,800 per square feet, a spinach shop (keerai kadai) may cost ` 1,400 per square feet,” CMDA sources told Express on Monday.
Koyambedu market set to sport new look
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 09:11
administrator
The Hindu 18.01.2011
Koyambedu market set to sport new look
K. Lakshmi
Tenders have been floated for various infrastructure projects
More facilities coming: The Koyambedu market complex will soon get a
makeover, with the CMDA set to take up improvement works. — Photo: S.S.
Kumar
Koyambedu wholesale market complex, which is in dire need of
improvement, is set to gain a new look soon as tenders have been floated
for various infrastructure projects.
According to sources with the Chennai Metropolitan
Development Authority (CMDA), some of the long-pending works, including
relaying of concrete roads inside the market and construction of storm
water drains, would be taken up at a cost of Rs.7 crore. The project
would be executed as first phase of the improvement works.
CMDA had recently sanctioned a fund of Rs.33.65 crore to
augment and maintain the infrastructure in the market that houses 3,194
shops.
CMDA sources said that the roads between the fruit,
flower and vegetable markets would be concretised. Nearly one km of the
roads connecting gate 7 and 14 in vegetable market, gate 3 and 18 and
between fruit and flower market would be re-laid.
Storm water drains spanning over 2 km long would also be
constructed along these roads. The 12-km long existing SWD network
would give way to new cement concrete facility to enable draining of
floodwater.
The CMDA would also carry out work to lay cement concrete road in truck bays between ‘H' and ‘N' blocks after nearly a decade.
Sources at Market Management Committee said the work
order had already been issued to relay roads in the truck bays at
vegetable market at a cost of Rs.1.45 crore. The poor condition of the
roads in and around the market often leads to traffic pile-up and
disrupts unloading of produce. The project would be completed in eight
months.
The remaining projects such as relaying the neighbouring ‘A' , ‘E' and ‘C' roads would be taken up in the next phase.
Visitors and traders complained that the market became
inundated and slushy as there was no escape route for the flood water.
This affected over one lakh people who visited the market daily.
Visitors wanted the MMC to take measures to curb haphazard parking in
the market.
Traders said that many schemes have been chalked out to
improve the infrastructure of the market. Teams comprising CMDA
officials that inspected the area had promised to develop the market two
years ago. But there has not been much progress. Authorities concerned
must ensure steps to complete the project this year, they said.
