CHENNAI
CHENNAI – A GLANCE
• Chennai, the capital City of Tamil Nadu is the fourth largest Metropolitan
City in India.
• The Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) comprises the city of Chennai, 8
Municipalities, 11 Town Panchayats and 179 Village Panchayats in 10
Panchayat Unions. The extent of CMA is 1189 Sq.km.
• The CMA falls in three Districts of the Tamil Nadu State viz. Chennai
District, part of Thiruvallur District, and part of Kancheepuram District.
• The extent of the Chennai District (covered in Chennai Municipal
Corporation area) is 176 sq.km 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 sq.km, 637 sq.km.
in Ambattur, Thiruvallur, Ponneri and Poonamallee taluks fall in CMA. In
Kancheepuram Districtout of 4433 sq.km, 376 sq.km in Tambaram,
Sriperumbudur and Chengalpattu Taluks fall in the Metropolitan area.
CHENNAI GROWTH
CHENNAI POPULATION
• Chennai is by far the most densely populated city in Tamil Nadu, with a
density of 26,553 people per square kilometers, very far ahead of the next
city, Kanyakumari with 1,111/square kilometer.
CLIMATE OF CHENNAI
C H E N N A I
TR AN SPORT N ET WOR K
TRANSPORTATION
(a)TRANSPORTATION • Mode share:
Declining trend in NMT modes (reduction
in walking by 2%, cycling by 11%) and
public transport (by 13%) between 1992-
95 to 2008 due to lack of adequate
infrastructure. (Source: CCTS 2008) •
(b) Increasing use of private vehicle: Mode
share of cars have increased by 5%, two-
wheelers by 18% from 1992-95 to 2008.
(Source: CCTS 2008) • Road safety: High
road fatalities due to lack of dedicated
NMT facilities • Inadequate parking
space •
(c)Increasing pollution levels
MASTER PLAN OF CHENNAI
• Development Goals of Chennai Master Plan 2026
• Socially beneficial
• Regionally connected
• Environmentally sustainable
• Financially Viable
• Institutionally Executable and;
• Politically acceptable
MASTER PLAN OF CHENNAI
The city of Chennai is the birthplace of the railway system in India. In 1831-
33, Madras Parliament first came up with the idea. In 1832, the first proposal
of railway under the British administration was made in Madras.
CHENNAI
TA M I L N A D U
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• Solid waste management with limited source WATER
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segregation • Prevalence of open storage at
primary bins - Shops, households and
commercial establishments continue to dump
the waste in compactor bins •
waste • Minimal recycling & lack of adequate
processing capacities like RDF plants/
composting units. Capacity constraint in the
existing dump yards
WASTE DISPOSAL
• Waste Disposal
At present Garbage generated in Chennai is
dumping at two land fill sites and construction and
demolition waste is being used for covering each
layer of garbage in two dump sites.
For remediation of the existing Landfill or
scientific closure and to have the Integrated waste
processing facilities with waste to energy plant as
component at the existing Kodungaiyur and
Perungudi dump sites, the Transaction Advisory
Consultant have prepared DFR and sent for
approval of the competent Authority and
simultaneously the RFP documents are under
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL
Collection of Solid Waste at Source
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste at source (Door to door collection) has
been implemented in all Zones. About 95% of the households were covered under
this programme.
This has been achieved only on introduction of Tricycles which stands as a
wonder tool for better collection of MSW at door steps. Now about 5400 Tricycles are
in use for reduction of dust bins on road side.
Source Collection
Source separation is promoted to reduce the waste coming to the Landfill,
thereby increasing the life time of the Landfills.
The bio-degradable waste (Organic Waste) is being composted in a
decentralized manner at ward level by Ordinary and Vermi compost plants and Bio
methanation plants and manure used for GCC parks and greeneries besides open
sale to public also.
Source separated thin plastics are subjected to shredding in all units / zones
and it has been used for laying Bituminous road laying. The source Separated non
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W AT E R S U P P LY
IN CHENNAI
The Chennai urban population was
about 5.92 million and the city
population was about 4.03 million in
the year 1991 and it is estimated
that by the turn ofthis century,
Chennai city will have more than 4.5
million people. Chennai is the
principal port on the Coromandel
coast of Southern India. The Chennai
area has good potential for industrial
growth with relatively better
infrastructure facilities like transport,
electric power supply etc. except
drinking water. The areal extent
ofChennai city is 175.03 km2 and
that ofthe Chennai Metropolitan area
is 1,170 km2. Most parts of the city
are within 4 to 5 metres above mean
sea level.
WATER SUPPLY
CHENNAI WATER SUPPLY
Chennai is entirely dependent on ground water resources to meet its water needs.
Ground water resources in Chennai are replenished by rain water and the city's average
rainfall is 1,276 mm.
Chennai receives about 985 million liters per day (mld) from various sources against the
required amount of 1,200 mld.
This demand is expected to rise to 2,100 mld by 2031.
Water to the city's residents is being supplied from desalination plants at Nemelli and
Minjur; aquifers in Neyveli, Minjur and Panchetty;
Cauvery water from Veeranam lake;
Krishna river from Andhra Pradesh;
Poondi reservoir; and lakes at Red Hills, Chembarambakkam and Sholavaram
There are four reservoirs in the city, namely, Red Hills, Cholavaram, Poondi
and Chembarambakkam, with a combined capacity of 11,057 mcft.
The Red Hills reservoir has a capacity of 3,300 mcft. The Cholavaram reservoir
has a capacity of 881 mcft. The Poondi reservoir has a capacity of 3,231 mcft.
The Chembarambakkam reservoir has a capacity of 3,645 mcft. The reservoirs
lose 5 mcft daily due to evaporation.[11] A fifth reservoir is being planned
WATER SUPPLY
WATER ISSUES
At present the Chembarambakkam reservoir has
been used fully for irrigation.
There is a proposal to buy the irrigation rights and
convert it as a fully drinking water supply reservoir.
The reservoir has about 5400 ha of registered
command area in 38 villages.
Nearly 50 per cent ofthe command area is not
getting water through irrigation canals due to poor
maintenance ofirrigation canals and the farmers
are using groundwater from local wells.
Rapid urbanisation in this area also reduces the
water requirement for irrigation purposes.
A U N I V E R S A L
C U L T U R A L H U B
F O R S A F E A N D
S U S T A I N A B L E
L I V I N G W I T H
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M O B I L I T Y , S M A R T
U R B A N
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