Chennai Metropolitan Area
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Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...
in India
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and the 30th in the world in terms of population . The CMA consists of the metropolitan city of Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
(Madras) and its suburbs. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority , formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.- History :...
(CMDA) is the nodal agency that handles town planning and development within the metro area. Since 1974, an area encompassing 1189 km2 around the city has been designated as the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) and the CMDA has been designated as the authority to plan the growth of the city and the area around it.
Composition
The CMA has an area of 1189 km² spread over three districts.| Sn | District | Area (km²) | Population (2001) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai district Chennai district The Chennai District is a district in the state of Tamil nadu, in India. It is the smallest of all the districts in the state, but has the highest population. The district is a city district which means that it does not have a district headquarters. Most of the city region of Chennai comes under... (City of Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India... ) |
176 | 4,661,834 |
| 2 | Thiruvallur district | 637 | 1,574,847 |
| 3 | Kancheepuram district | 376 | 1,107,789 |
| Total | 1,189 | 7,344,470 |
Nodal agencies
| Sn | Agency | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennai Corporation Chennai Corporation Chennai Corporation , formerly known as Madras Corporation, is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai , India. The Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside the United Kingdom and the oldest corporation in India... (Madras Corporation), Municipalities and Panchayats |
Civic management in their area of jurisdiction |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu Housing Board Tamil Nadu Housing Board -History:TNHB was formed in the year 1961 to cope up with the increasing demand in housing sector all over the state of Tamil Nadu due to urban growth leading to migration to urban areas in search of employment opportunities... |
provision of plots and ready built houses, Sites and Services schemes |
| 3 | Metropolitan Transport Corporation Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) - External links :* * * *... |
Bus Transport |
| 4 | Southern Railway Southern Railway (India) The Southern Railway is the earliest of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on April 14, 1951 by merging three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway... |
Chennai suburban railway Chennai suburban railway Chennai suburban railway is a commuter rail system in the Indian city of Chennai operated by the Southern Railway. Chennai has a complex railway network. The system uses electrical multiple units operating on alternating current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system... and Chennai MRTS |
| 5 | Chennai City Traffic Police Chennai City Traffic Police Chennai City Traffic Police or CCTP is a division of the Greater Chennai Police, which regulates traffic in the city of Chennai, India.-Public awareness campaigns:... |
Traffic Management Schemes |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Tamil Nadu Electricity Board The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board TNEB is a statutory body formed on 01.07.1957 under the Electricity Supply Act, 1948 as a successor to the erstwhile Electricity Department of the Government of Madras. India, that generates, distributes and regulates the electricity supply in the state... |
Electricity generation and supply |
| 7 | Public Works Department | Implementation & Maintenance of macro drainage system |
| 8 | Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority , formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.- History :... |
Urban planning, co -ordination of project implementation |
| 9 | Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board | Water Supply & Sewerage facilities for CMA |
| 10 | Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board is administrated by Government of Tamil Nadu. It was formed by Tamil Nadu Slum Areas Act 197. The main function of this board is to eradicate the slum and provide hygienic tenements in Tamil Nadu.... |
Provision of housing, infrastructure and livelihood programs in slum areas |
| 11 | Aavin Aavin Aavin is the trademark of the Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers' Federation Limited, a Tamil Nadu-based milk producer's union. The aim of AAVIN is to procure milk, process it, chill it, pack and sell it to the consumers.-Etymology:... Co operative society |
Providing Milk through co-operative society to the people of Chennai |
Profile
ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
(Madras), the capital City of Tamil Nadu is the fourth largest Metropolitan City in India. The Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) comprises the city of Chennai, 16 Municipalities, 20 Town Panchayats and 214 Village Panchayats in 10 Panchayat Unions. The extent of CMA is 1189 km2.
The CMA falls in three Districts of the Tamil Nadu State viz. Chennai District
Chennai district
The Chennai District is a district in the state of Tamil nadu, in India. It is the smallest of all the districts in the state, but has the highest population. The district is a city district which means that it does not have a district headquarters. Most of the city region of Chennai comes under...
, part of Thiruvallur District, and part of Kancheepuram District. The extent of the Chennai District (covered in Chennai Municipal Corporation area) is176 km2 and comprises 55 revenue villages in five Taluks [viz. (i) Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk, (ii) Perambur-Purasawalkam Taluk, (iii) Egmore-Nungambakkam Taluk, (iv) Mambalam-Guindy Taluk and (v) Mylapore-Triplicane Taluk. In Thiruvallur District out of total district area of 3427 km2, 637 km2. in Ambattur, Thiruvallur, Ponneri and Poonamallee taluks fall in CMA. In Kancheepuram District out of 4433 km2, 376 km2 in Tambaram, Sriperumbudur and Chengalpattu Taluks fall in the Metropolitan area.
Master Plan prepared by CMDA
The State government will decide on the expansion of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) before the end of this fiscal, R Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, told the Assembly on Aug 25, 2011. In view of the fast-paced development taking place in areas beyond the present metropolitan area jurisdiction, like SriperumbudurSriperumbudur
Sriperumbudur is an industrial city in Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in proximity to Chennai. It is famous for being the birth place of Sri Ramanuja, one of the most prominent Hindu Vaishnava saints as well as the town where former Indian Prime Minister...
, Kelambakkam
Kelambakkam
Kelambakkam is a rapidly growing suburb of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state in India. It is situated on the Old Mamallapuram Road and is about 35 km from Chennai....
, Tiruvallur
Tiruvallur
Tiruvallur is a temple town and Grade I municipality in Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the Cooum river about northwest of the city of Chennai , the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvallur district...
and Maraimalai Nagar
Maraimalai Nagar
Maraimalai Nagar is a suburb of the southern Indian city of Chennai. Maraimalai Nagar and its surrounding areas are referred to as "New Chennai" by the media, due to recent industrial development around this area. It is a Satellite town developed by CMDA in the Year 1980. Before that it was a...
, it had become necessary to review the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area that was notified in 1973-74, he said.
The present CMA was limited to 1,189 km2 which was the smallest in extent in the country. “In other cities, including Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
and Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, larger regions have been declared as metropolitan area and comprehensive regional planning is being made.” The need for a larger planning area around Chennai was being examined and a detailed report was prepared by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority , formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.- History :...
(CMDA) for the government’s consideration.
“A decision will be taken before the end of this fiscal,” he informed. “Alongside the proposed expansion of the Corporation limits, the decision to go in for a greater CMA limit would have a synergetic effect. It would support better infrastructure and facilities for the people besides decongesting the city.”
In the face of rapid increase in population in the districts surrounding Chennai and the expansion of the city, a new regional planning model on the lines of National Capital Region, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, is being examined by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority , formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.- History :...
(CMDA). In order to plan for balanced regional development, developing a larger road network, implementing an integrated transport plan and identifying a Chennai Mega Region have become necessary.