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Chennai, Sept. 2 The second master plan for Chennai outlining the long-term measures for the planned development of the city was formally released today.

Mr Parithi Ilamvazhuthi, Minister for Urban Development, who outlined the master plan, which was approved by the Cabinet last week, said that it outlines strategies to provide the basic amenities, housing, transportation and other social and physical infrastructure to meet the needs of the population for the next two decades.

Normally, a master plan is formulated every 10-15 years but for Chennai due to various legal and administrative reasons the second master plan is out 33 years after the first in 1975.

Some of the salient features of the master plan include the plans to develop the transportation infrastructure, zoning to regulate land use and encourage employment generation, provision of adequate housing for the low-income group and the economically weaker sections of the society, permitting construction of larger area in a plot – a bigger Floor Space Index (FSI) – to increase supply of built-up area, and bringing down restrictions on areas where multi-storeyed buildings could come up.

The Minister said the Development Control Rules now provide for a higher built-up area in a plot. The FSI, the total area that can be built in a given plot of land, has been increased across various categories of buildings.

Ms Susan Mathew, Vice-Chairman, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, said the master plan has provided for creating the social and physical infrastructure based on requirements to support population growth up to 2026.

The population is set to grow to 1.25 crore from 73 lakh now. Housing requirements would nearly double to 62,000 units a year and the plan provides for earmarking space for housing for the low-income group and the economically weaker sections.

It boosts the prospects of the realty sector and the development of an urban area that is economically, environmentally, industrially and socially sound.

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