CMDA Chennai
Fresh ‘lock-and-seal’ notices were issued last week to 10 buildings in areas like Arumbakkam, George Town and T Nagar. The builders have been given time of one month to restore the buildings to their original plan or vacate the premises. Since the notices were being issued after four years, the enforcement wing inspected all the [...] Continue Reading »
A court-appointed monitoring committee which met on July 15 had recommended disconnection of amenities and cancellation of trade licenses in Chennai. It decided to look into the possibilities of sealing unauthorized portions to take up demolition. It also recommended the formation of a special task force with different local body officials to take action against [...] Continue Reading »
A building on Anna Salai, Chennai has violated development regulations like setback area, floor space index and parking allotment. The owner of the building obtained permission from Chennai Corporation in 1987 for construction of ground plus one floor for a furniture showroom. But, the owner deviated from the original plan and constructed ground plus three [...] Continue Reading »
Hundreds of buildings in Chennai are said to have violated building norms namely floor space index and parking. The builders are known to get plan permits from the corporation for ground and first floors before building additional floors. But they violate the rules and add more floors to the building. On Friday, Chennai Metropolitan Development [...] Continue Reading »
In 2007, CMDA and corporation officials conducted a survey of commercial multistoried buildings on North Usman Road, South Usman Road, Ranganathan Street, GN Chetty Road, Thyagaraya Road and Venkatanarayana Road in T Nagar, Chennai and found that 64 had violated norms and didn’t file applications under any regularisation scheme. “Many of them had an FSI [...] Continue Reading »
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is asked to give details of unauthorized residential flats constructed in the city and the action taken by the agency against such constructions. The Madras High Court has directed the CMDA to file an affidavit giving the details. The affidavit should be filed by November 12. The matter has [...] Continue Reading »
