Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
Chennai and development are far from each other.It is the capital city but it has no vision to grow.It has reached its saturation and the avarice for housing has led to horizontal growth. There are not many tall buildings, be it for office or residence. Everyone wants a piece of land. So it has led to subdivision and fragmentation.The Govt has no idea as how to curb the rapid growth. The service agencies, in order to maximise its revenue,extends services without adhering to norms. A classic example is the collapsed building at Mugalivakkam. Further there is no scope for expansion as the planners have failed to forecast growth. Result, narrow roads.This is one impediment for growth.The indiscriminate occupation of platform space by unauthorized dwellers/shopkeepers thwarts all efforts for expansion.The court cases prolong the plementation of any scope for any development. So, it is perhaps one of the dieing cities in India.
The first line of the article says---fairly efficient transport system---. It may be fairly efficient when compared with other places in India but it is not all that good. The bus transport is highly unreliable now a days. It is not rare to see buses departing even 10 minutes ahead of their scheduled times, which causes a lot of chaos. Further, the autos are very expensive-sometimes you may pay Rs 70/ or even more for 2 km(you are not taken for a ride like this in Mumbai or Delhi or Kolkata). One can see frequent express bus services parallel to suburban train routes-no coordination between various transport agencies. Further, it is common to see a freshly repaired road being dug up again by electricity board or water board-no coordination between the bodies.
No matter what, there is no hope for chennai.. No way chennai can retain retain skilled talent pool.. the city and state are under perennial decline...No research, innovation happening here..all the knowledge based industries have moved to Bangalore and hyderbad.. and chennai's elite have migrated to US , UK or these cities.. except few auto majors there is nothing happening in chennai.. The government instead of focussing on freebsies, cinema, tasmac , should focus on education and research
