G.O.(D) No.149, Release of Grant for Perumbakkam Phases I and II, 2016

Purpose and scope

G.O.(D) No.149 dated 3 March 2016 of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MA2) Department approves a grant of Rs.72.35 crore from the Infrastructure and Amenities Fund. The grant is the additional State share for the Perumbakkam Phase I and Phase II tenement construction projects under the Basic Services for the Urban Poor component of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

The revised project costs were Rs.686.03 crore for Perumbakkam Phase I and Rs.685.62 crore for Perumbakkam Phase II. Together, the projects covered 19,928 tenements at a revised total cost of Rs.1,371.65 crore.

Who is affected

G.O.(D) No.149 dated 3 March 2016 primarily affects the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, the Commissioner of Municipal Administration, the Director of Town and Country Planning and the government accounting authorities responsible for releasing and recording the grant.

The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board proposed handing over the 19,928 tenements to flood affected families in Chennai. For property buyers and owners, the document is a project funding approval. It does not set out private ownership rights, sale terms, individual allotment eligibility or a change in land use.

Key provisions

G.O.(D) No.149 dated 3 March 2016 records the following:

• Rs.25.94 crore was approved for Perumbakkam Phase I and Rs.46.41 crore for Perumbakkam Phase II, making a total additional State share of Rs.72.35 crore.
• All 10,452 Phase I tenements had been completed, and allotment was in progress.
• Of the 9,476 Phase II tenements, 8,360 were structurally complete and 1,116 were under construction. Completion was scheduled by 31 March 2016.
• Water supply, sanitation, storm water drains, a sewage treatment plant, roads, pavements, culverts, street lights, parks and community facilities were programmed for completion by March 2016.
• An earlier government approval had provided revised administrative sanction for constructing 3,488 tenements at Gudapakkam, Navalur and the All India Radio land at Thiruvottriyur instead of the previously approved Perumbakkam Phase II project.
• The sanctioned amount was divided into a General Component of Rs.53,53,90,000 and a Special Component of Rs.18,81,10,000.
• The Commissioner of Municipal Administration was authorised to draw the sanctioned amount and was required to provide expenditure details to the Director of Town and Country Planning for accounting adjustments.