Publication of Draft Scheme for Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme

What the scheme proposes

The Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme is a draft plan published by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority under Notification Number MPU/LPADS/Madambakkam/2024-2 dated 30 December 2024. It covers a scheme area shown on the index map as 2.42 square kilometres.

The stated objectives are:

• Pool private and public lands that are irregularly shaped and lack public access, infrastructure or public facilities.
• Reconstitute the pooled land into regularly shaped plots.
• Provide proper road access to all plots.
• Provide parks, playgrounds, open spaces and public amenities.
• Return reconstituted plots amounting to not less than 60 percent of the land to plot owners, with appreciated land value.

Who may be affected

The draft Madambakkam Land Pooling Area Development Scheme may affect owners of land within the scheme boundary, including owners whose original plot boundaries could be altered during reconstitution and redistribution. Buyers and professionals examining property in the area should check the original plot map, boundary alteration map and final plot map.

The index map also identifies water bodies, government land, built-up areas, approved layouts, high tension lines and the Sri Thenupureeswarar Temple site. It marks a restricted development zone between 100 metres and 300 metres from the Archaeological Survey of India site.

Documents and proposals included

Notification Number MPU/LPADS/Madambakkam/2024-2 lists ten annexures, including:

• Maps of the scheme, original plots, altered boundaries and final plots.
• An infrastructure map covering sewerage, storm water drainage, water supply, electricity lines and street lighting.
• A redistribution and tentative valuation statement.
• Estimates for proposed works and approximate completion dates.
• Estimated financial expenditure for the land pooling scheme.
• Regulations for development.

The inspection provision expressly refers to copies of Annexures 1 to 9, although Annexure 10 is listed as the development regulations.

Inspection, objections and court proceedings

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority makes Annexures 1 to 9 available for inspection at the Master Plan Unit, Fifth Floor, West Wing, Thalamuthu Natarajan Building, No. 1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai 600 008, on working days from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. The draft is also hosted at www.cmdachennai.gov.in.

Any person may submit a written objection to the Member-Secretary at that address within sixty days from publication of the draft scheme. Final orders will be subject to the outcome of the writ petitions and connected proceedings listed in the notification.