CMDA
In 1959, Chennai took to the skies with their 15-storied LIC building becoming the tallest building in India. Two years later, the Usha Kiran building rose to 80 meters to wrestle that title away. Now that the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has done away with the decades old 60-meter height restriction, the growth spurt [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority close scrutiny of building plans and completion certificates has hit affordable housing projects in the city. The clampdown followed the collapse of an under construction 11-storey building in Chennai’s Moulivakkam area in which more than 60 people were killed. It is indeed a knee jerk reaction by the planning authority said [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Chennai Corporation recently tabled its Budget for the year 2013-2014 and announced new grade separators and infrastructure projects like skywalk, flyovers etc. The new budget has given importance to urban development. Four new flyovers have been planned on the basis of Chennai City Traffic and Transportation study carried out by the Chennai Metropolitan [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The landscape of Chennai city will soon change with the numerous residential projects for which approvals have been granted. It is also found that few planning and commercial land-use permissions have been issued for this year. A large number of residential projects will be launched on ‘reclassified’ land. A reclassified land is a land which [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai – The 10 acre plot at the Guindy Industrial Estate can now be used for residential purpose. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has given approval to raise residential projects on this plot. This plot owned by Hindustan Teleprinters Limited (HTL) is situated off Anna Salai and complements all development parameters prescribed by the CMDA. [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- People who have bought unauthorised plots in residential layouts on or before July 2007 gets a sign of relief as government may approve them after imposing penalty. This was also done earlier for illegal buildings. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) proposed to government to relax norms for approval of unauthorized layouts. This proposal was [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The Government approved highest number of residential and commercial projects for construction ever in the year 2012. This will result in change of city’s landscape and horizon. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) has given its consent to 549 special buildings and 88 multi-storeyed and IT buildings. In next few months, the city will show growth in number [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The biomethanation plant which generates electricity from vegetable and fruit waste in Koyambedu is still not operational from past one year. This plant was set by CDMA in the year 2006. It was functioning well till the year 2008 but after that the machine stopped working as poor quality of waste was fed into it. [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- The monitoring committee of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) appointed by the Madras High Court has sought more clarity and judicial sanction from the state government before regularizing buildings that came up before July 1, 2007 A new set of guidelines was announced by the government early this month, under Section 113-C of [...] Continue Reading »
The long pending request of Chennai’s commercial property developers to let them use the IT buildings for non-IT purposes like finance, education, hospital, hospitality and retail will very soon be granted. The developers proposal will soon be accepted if the recommendations of the CMDA are approved by the state government.This might be followed by a rule that [...] Continue Reading »
