The Hindu 16.12.2011
LPA to have a relook at Coimbatore Master Plan
The Local Planning Authority will have a relook at the
Coimbatore Master Plan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development K.
Phanindra Reddy told presspersons here on Thursday.
The
revised Master Plan for the city had already looked at growth
suggestions. However, there were some inconsistencies. In order to take
the growth suggestions to a logical conclusion, the latest population
data, growth trends, and land use patterns would be taken into
consideration. The relook exercise would be completed in three months,
he said.
(The Coimbatore Master Plan was approved in
1992. It was taken up for review recently and the State Government gave
its review consent in January this year. After that, the plan was
opened for the public to submit their objections and modifications for
two months. The Authority had received nearly 3,000 applications for
modifications or objections to the reviewed Master Plan).
Director
of Town and Country Planning A. Karthik, Managing Director of Tamil
Nadu Slum Clearance Board V. Chandrasekaran, and the secretary reviewed
several project proposals here on Thursday at a meeting with Coimbatore
District Collector M. Karunagaran, and Corporation Commissioner T.K.
Ponnusamy. Several infrastructure projects proposed to decongest the
city and improve infrastructure were also discussed at the meeting.
Regarding
the tenements constructed at Ammankulam, he said the works would be
completed in three months. The foundation strengthening works were over.
The technical committee had suggested after scrutiny that one or two
units should be demolished in six to seven blocks so that the load was
reduced. There would be 792 units at Ammankulam when the works were
over.
(Coimbatore Corporation constructed 1,608
flats at Ammankulam with Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
funds. The project was executed by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.
In 2010, apartment ‘2B” sunk by 50 cm and ‘4B’ by 25 cm).