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Chennai emerging global city: Stalin
CHENNAI: Chennai is well on
the way to become a leading global city and to
meet the demands of the fastest growing city by
2020, the State government will take steps to
provide international infrastructural facilities
in the coming years, said Deputy Chief Minister
M.K. Stalin here on Tuesday. Delivering his
special address at a seminar on ‘Chennai 2020,'
organized by the Confederation of Indian
Industry, he said the State government had
embarked upon several initiatives such as
construction of circular high-speed corridors, a
greenfield airport, implementation of Metro Rail
project and construction of 11 more flyovers and
overbridges; Financial City, Sports City, Media
City and strengthening the water supply
infrastructure among other things. Mr. Stalin
released a CD on ‘Chennai 2020' and said the
Airports Authority of India was in the process
of executing a project that included
construction of a domestic terminal, cargo
complex and multi-level car parking facilities;
extension of international terminal and
secondary runway through a bridge over the Adyar
river. “The State government is giving
importance to environmental management. The
Marina beach and many city parks have been
upgraded. The Adyar estuary is being improved as
Adyar eco-park. The Pallikaranai marsh has been
declared a protected area and we have plans to
restore the marsh area,” he said.
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Mayor M. Subramanian gave an
overall view and said Metro Rail covering 45 km
would start functioning from 2015. He urged the
CII and Industry bodies to cooperate with the
State government for early implementation of
ongoing projects. He said a portion of the Adyar
estuary would be thrown open to public by
January 2011 and the entire project completed in
five to six years. L. Mansingh, chairperson,
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, said
Tamilnadu would start getting natural gas
produced from the Krishna-Godavari basin from
2012. The bidding process for Chennai City Gas
distribution would begin in the next six to
eight months. T.T. Ashok, Deputy Chairman, CII
Southern Regional Council, spoke.
