Chennai Metro Rail – Beware of Land Acquisition
| You have read the recent news of Chennai metro rail getting some renewed focus from law makers. While it is of strategic importance to chennai people, the fact which is worrying me the land acquisition for the project. You must be aware that there are 2 corridors being planned. What worries me the most is the elevated corridor. |
Currently the corridors planned are Washermanpet to Airport and Fort to St.Thomas mount. The fort to St.thomas mount corridor starts at Fort and traverses thro Shenoy Nagar, Anna Nagar, Koyembedu, vadapalani , KK Nagar to reach st thomas mount. The worrying part for me is this stretch is mostly Elevated corridor.
While i have no idea how and where would be the land acquisition for this stretch.As of now, i believe there would be more land acquired for this streatch then the Washermanper -Airport corridor which has a mix of Underground and elevated rail track. So keep you eyes wide open and i would advise caution while investing on any property which might be likely acquired for this project.
I feel property along the main road in arcot road can be affected as i read in this below PDF that the rail tracks travel right on the road median.
An underground Metro rail station
Any info on this project with its impacts can be discussed here.
Hi,
Please correct me if I am wrong. From the pdf, I gather that the line will cross Kaliamman Koil st, pass over Koymabedu Mofussil Bus Shed and align itself along the median of Jawaharlal Nehru Road(is this the 100 ft road ?) upto Ashok Nagar. The km markings 13.016(crosses Kalimamman koil st) and 13.876(when it joins JN road) leads me to believe it will run along the 100 ft road from Koymabedu to Ashok Nagar.
Please let me know why you think properties along Arcot Road might be affected.
Regards,
Gopal
22.07.2008
To
Respected Sir,
Sub: Metro Rail project with funding assistance from Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) – Seek your help to protect our Residential houses at Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Alandur, Chennai – 600016, South India as per your JBIC’s Environmental & Social considerations.
We the residents of Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Alandur, Chennai – 600016, South India – the Project Affected Families (PAF) approach you without any other alternative except to seek your intervention to protect our residential houses and avoid displacement.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) a unit of Delhi Government (India) formed a Joint Venture with State Government of Tamil Nadu for commencing a Metro Rail project with funding arrangement from Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC). Kindly refer JBIC projects currently under screening process – Ref No.2008-0088 dated May20,2008 – Category “ A ” – Chennai Metro Project.
We understand that a plan is under preparation to develop a metro rail station at St.Thomas Mount (Chennai – 600016) – near to our residential houses. To have reversal of the metro train engine/shunting purposes, DMRC developed a plan by considering additional 500 metres towards west end of the station where all our houses are there. There is a wide distance from the existing railway line to the public road, DMRC can utilise the Railway land or its own state government land instead of our displacements.
In a PUBLIC MEETING held by the Tamilnadu Government, when a specific question was raised by one among the PAF, whether houses at our area i.e. Thiruvalluvar Nagar will be affected by the proposed St.Thomas Mount metro station, the officials clarified that the houses at Thiruvalluvar Nagar will not be affected. The same was telecasted in various TV news channels too.
While we do not oppose this project, we object disturbance of our houses. For a proper appreciation and understanding of nature of objections and the scope
thereof, we hereby recapitulate, in brief, the facts leading to the filing of these objections:-
1. The PAFs are located in Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Alandur, Chennai – 600016 (Bound on the South by Railway track, North by M.K.N. Road, East by SRMCTC Trust land and West by Thillaiganga Nagar Subway).
2. The mentioned PAFs are living in these legally approved 27 residential plots by Government of Tamilnadu for the last 45 years with their families for 3 generations.
3. Total number of families is around 60 with total number of people close to 500.
4. Number of people mentioned above includes close to 75+ Senior Citizens who served the country either in State/Central Government departments and have put in their entire life savings and obtained loans to construct house on their plots.
5. The above plots were developed after obtaining all necessary government building plan approvals and PAFs spent lot of their hard earned money to represent their basic amenities required to local body.
6. The latest amenity to be added after a long waiting was the underground sewage pipeline which was laid with Public Private Partnership.
7. The roads were concreted recently rebuilt with tax payers money.
8. The PAFs are a close set of people belonging to different communities (including minorities) living in a harmonious situation.
9. The PAFs have developed the land which was earlier an agricultural land converted to approved residential layout.
10. The Tamilnadu Government earmarked the land for residential purposes and the land was affirmed by settlement deed.
11. The PAFs are law abiding citizens with no criminal record and stand as a model community appreciated by Alandur municipality and local police station officials.
12. Due to mental trauma to PAF, few may tend to commit suicide if they lose their houses.
We believe that below mentioned alternatives thought by us will at least lead DMRC & CMRL to look into an alternative plan which will avoid land acquisition
and displacement of people in Thiruvalluvar Nagar, Alandur, Chennai – 600016 and these alternatives were submitted to them.
Alternative 1: Build the proposed line for parking/shunt in between proposed Alandur metro Station and St.Thomas Mount Station
Alternative 2: Build the proposed line for parking/shunt in the vacant land between Proposed St.Thomas Mount metro station and Thiruvalluvar Nagar and by optimal usage of Government land (police quarters is currently being constructed) adjacent to open vacant compounded land
Alternative 3: Build the proposed line for parking/shunt in areas adjacent to proposed Alandur station or involving the public road and railway land.
Alternative 4: A huge open space used presently as military golf ground available close to proposed Alandur metro station could be used to build the proposed line for parking/shunt
While we are not experts in this field, we are confident that you will advise the DMRC to utilise the excess land available and also to carry out field visit to develop plan as per the land availability instead of disturbing the houses.
Seeking your intervention and instruction to the concerned officials for rendering maximum cooperation and help.
Thanking you,
ALL RESIDENTS OF THIRUVALLUVAR NAGAR, ALANDUR, CHENNAI, SOUTH INDIA.
S.Venkatachalapathy – Email : venkatachala.pathy@keane.com Mobile No.09840042910
V.V.Santharaman – Email : vv_santha@vsnl.net Mobile No.093203 60100
Other Email ids of the residents :
jagsonbala@dataone.in,sukumarhr@yahoo.co.in,vinpave@hotmail.com,holiathomas@yahoo.com,raj_sushil@yahoo.co.in,vethirajulu@csc.com,babuparameswaran@gmail.com
Dear sir, kindly tell me how much of land is going to be affected in thirumangalam junction , , some of them r saying total area is going to taken from the area, kindly clear my clarifications
regards , hari
Where all stations are coming at Anna Nagar IInd Avenue and which part of road will be affected to construct the pillars etc.
please show the shenoy nagar’s metro train sketch
We understand that a plan is under preparation to develop a metro rail station at St.Thomas Mount (Chennai – 600016) – near to our residential houses. To have reversal of the metro train engine/shunting purposes, DMRC developed a plan by considering additional 500 metres towards west end of the station where all our houses are there. There is a wide distance from the existing railway line to the public road, DMRC can utilise the Railway land or its own state government land instead of our displacements.
THE PROPOSED TRACK FROM KOYAMBEDU TO ALANDUR IS NOT CLEAR- WILL THE TRACK TRAVEL THROUGH CENTRE MEDIAN OF JAWAHRLAL NEHRU ROAD WITHOUT AFFECTING THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS- GIVE THE TRACK DETAILS NEAR ASHOK NAGAR TO ALANDUR WITH ZOOM FACILITY
THE ECONOMIC TIMES NEW DELHI 21.12.2008 : Chennai metro rail project may yet to get the final nod from the Union cabinet, but a Japanese soft loan of Rs 1,130 crore, which was sanctioned a month ago, is ready for disbursal. If the delay in approval persists, the loan amount which needs to be effectuated in four months, will lapse, sources close to the development told SundayET.
The loan agreement of 21.7 bn yen (approx Rs 1,130 cr) for Chennai metro was signed on November 21, 2008, as a part of Japanese government’s official development assistance (ODA) this fiscal.
“It has been a month now that the loan agreement was signed, but there is no sign of getting approval for Chennai metro immediately. The government has made provisions to ensure liquidity in infrastructure sector, but here is a classic case where over Rs 1,000 crore is ready to be spent, but the government has failed to approve the project itself so far,” a source close to the development said.
Two major metro rail systems in India, Rs 14,600-cr Chennai metro and Rs 2991-cr Kochi metro, got delayed considerably as the Planning Commission wanted private parties to anchor those projects.
Chennai metro proposal had finally received the nod from the Planning Commission only after the ruling party of the state of Tamil Nadu, DMK, began intense political lobbying. “I don’t think, the loan will lapse because of the delay in approval. Any which way, the loan is valid for mid-March. The project investment board of the finance ministry has already approved it. It may take another few weeks to get the nod from the Cabinet,” a source in urban development ministry said.
The tussle between Planning Commission and urban development ministry was also responsible for the delay in approval for these mega infrastructure projects. While Planning Commission has been advocating the public private participation (PPP) as the preferred route to build metros, urban development ministry lobbied hard for a standardised metro system around the country, for which the Central government will be a partner.
I request Chennai metro rail corporation to consider the stretch from koyembedu to ashok nagar be underground instead of elevated stretch as has been planned. This is the busiest stretch in the city where apart from regular commuters, moffusil buses also ply.
During constrution, it will be hellish to travel in this stretch and also there has always been a proposal to construct a elevated flyover from koyembedu to ashok nagar for mofussil buses alone.
thank you for all the details
Please inform me the land acquisition details from Vadapalani to Koyembedu whether any land acqisition in the 1oo feet road reach
Please inform me the land acquisition details from Kilpak Medical college to Shenoy nagar whether any land acqisition in the Aminjikarai area.
Dear All
Will there be any impact on the residential area located at Adambakkam? Please mail me on the land acquisition details in Adamabakkam, so specific to DAV and New Prince school stretch.
It would be great if i get a map on this project
Regards
Krish
Sir I appreciate the plan and want it to come into construction sooner or later and my small enquiry is that the corridor 2 which is the koyembedu to St Thomas Mount will it will it take land aquisition along the arcot road and Jawaharlal Nehru nagar
Please inform me the land acquisition details from Vadapalani to Koyembedu whether any land acqisition in the 1oo feet road reach
can anybody tell how much of land will be acquired for underground tracks…we have a shop at teynampet on anna salai
Please inform me the land acquisition details in and around nanganallur anjaneya temple whether any land acqisition in the Adambakkam nanganallur area.
dear sir
pls let me know the land will be acquired in annasalai and teynampet.
regards
ramesh
we live in little mount,anna salai(mount road). which part are u going to acquire? what is market value? what are the provisions for gate way for owner? what are the provisions to curtail the project staff and public to avoid them from throwing rubish or causing any nuisance to the owners and their premises?
i think they metro train people and japan people who do not no the value of the land. so they gambling the people land, buildings etc.. .I think they should watch the movie 2012. because the land owners eyes are unhappy. this people grab the land will not be happy for ever.
we live in broadway(prakasam road).pls tell me which and how much area r going to acquire. we have shop on this road.
Hi,
Is there any land acquisition planned around Adambakkam for this project?
Regards,
Jerish
sir, any proposal of chennai metro rail to sriperambathur via vadapalani,porur.
Kindly let me know the Corridor 2 layout . What about Thirumagalam Junction where many housing board flats are nearby ??
Any issus for all TNHB flats ??
hello sir…am residing in alandur-ponniamman koil street which is nearer to railway station..one of the member in municipality said tat our survery is being affected….i want to know whether the entire ponniamman koil street will be affected or some parts of it will be affected….please do reply me if anybody know the plan…because we have planned to build a house there.
thanks in advance
sir,
extentention of the inner ring road is their or not,,,,,,,because we r situated on the main road