All Community Halls to Be Opened for Public Use by December 2025
The Minister for the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and Chairman of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, P.K. Sekarbabu, gave a press statement on 3 December 2024 about inspections of community halls and Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board housing projects in Chennai. The statement reports construction and proposed reconstruction work, but gives no government order number and does not announce any change to land ownership, land use or planning permission.
What the statement covers
The press statement by P.K. Sekarbabu, Minister for the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department and Chairman of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, records inspections conducted on 3 December 2024. It provides progress information about community halls under the North Chennai Development Scheme and housing projects managed by the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board.
The document is a project and inspection update. It does not contain a government order number or state that any land title, development control requirement or planning approval has been changed.
Community hall projects
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority is taking steps to build seven community halls in North Chennai at an estimated total cost of Rs. 65 crore.
Key locations and commitments include:
- Proposed halls at Waltax Road and Water Tank Street in the Harbour Assembly constituency.
- Locations on Konnur High Road and at Chandrayogi Samadhi in the Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar Assembly constituency.
- A location on Central Avenue in the Perambur Assembly constituency.
- Locations in the Tiruvottiyur Assembly constituency and at Puzhal Vilangadupakkam in the Madhavaram Assembly constituency.
- A community hall already under construction in the Royapuram Assembly constituency.
- A separate community hall proposed by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority at Harrington Road, Chetpet, at a cost of Rs. 10 crore.
- A target to bring all the community halls into public use by December 2025.
Housing projects inspected
The inspection also covered Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board properties and construction works:
- At Gandhi Nagar on New Avadi Road, 500 homes are being built after demolition of deteriorated old housing, at an estimated cost of Rs. 85.54 crore.
- At P.R.N. Garden on Broadway Road, George Town, 504 homes are being built after demolition of deteriorated old housing, at an estimated cost of Rs. 85.68 crore.
- Deteriorated older housing at Clive Battery, Royapuram, and Ellis Puram was inspected.
- Officials stated that steps were being taken to reconstruct all deteriorated housing inspected.
Who may be affected
The projects directly concern residents and intended beneficiaries of the identified Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board housing sites, as well as communities near the proposed halls. Property buyers should treat the document as a public works update, not as evidence of ownership, land classification, planning permission or approval for a particular property.
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Common questions
Does this document change the land use or planning status of my property?
No such change is stated. The document reports project inspections, construction and proposed reconstruction, and does not announce any change to land use, title or planning permission.
When are the community halls expected to open?
The statement says all the community halls will be brought into public use by December 2025.
How many new homes are being built at Gandhi Nagar and P.R.N. Garden?
The Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board is building 500 homes at Gandhi Nagar and 504 homes at P.R.N. Garden.
What is planned for the deteriorated housing at Clive Battery and Ellis Puram?
The properties were inspected, and the statement says steps are being taken to reconstruct all deteriorated housing.
