The Hindu 28.12.2013
Mayor seeks handing over of OSR
Mayor Saidai Duraisamy on Friday asked all property
owners, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, to hand over OSR (Open
Space Reservation) to Chennai Corporation.
Responding
to a councillor’s question on OSR lands, Mayor Saidai Duraisamy said
the DMK councillors should urge the party to hand over the OSR land near
Anna Arivalayam to the Corporation. “A total of 57 OSR lands have been
handed over to the Chennai Corporation between 2006 and 2011. We have
asked zonal officers to protect the lands,” said Mr. Duraisamy.
Last
year, the Council decided to initiate measures for retrieving OSR land
from the headquarters of DMK. The Council also requested that the State
government cancel the order which provided exemption to the DMK Trust
from handing over the OSR land to the civic body.
According
to a report by the civic body, the G.O. issued in 1988 permitted the
DMK Trust to maintain 1,893 square metres of OSR land abutting Anna
Salai under the provisions of Section 113 of the Tamil Nadu Town and
Country Planning Act, 1971.
The approval for construction of the building was given in 1980.