C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The traffic chaos and lack of space for pedestrians in the busy Ranganathan Street could be blamed on the six illegal buildings in T Nagar that were locked and sealed by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority last month.
The crowded street, which hardly has any space for pedestrians, is the result of the six buildings hardly constructing any parking slots that they should have done as per the development control rules.
Sources told Express on Monday that the six buildings – Rathna stores, The Chennai Silks, Sri Kumaran Gold House, Jayachandran Textiles, P R Rathinam (Rathna Stores) and SAT Complex never followed the development control rules and nearly had 100 per cent violations.
The SAT Complex should have slots for 21 cars as per requirement of DCR but in reality it hardly has any. Similarly Rathna Stores should have car park for 52 cars but then it never built any.
The worst violators are Chennai Silks who should have parking space for 99 cars as mentioned in the plan. “As per the DCR norms, it should have parking slots for 99 cars. Now if the 99 cars don’t have parking space this will automatically create parking woes as well as chaos in the area during festival season,” a CMDA source reasoned. Similarly, Sri Kumaran Gold House never built a parking lot for 76 cars as required by the DCR. Similar is the case of Jayachandran Textiles and Rathna Stores who deviated from the original plans by not building any parking lots.
The buildings totally violated the development control rules, including floor space index besides front setbacks, side setbacks and rear setbacks. It also did not have no-objection certificate from the fire service department, sources said.
Some of the other major violation is the floor space index (FSI). All the shops should have FSI of 1.50 as per the DCI norms but then the six buildings never followed any. CMDA sources said the buildings had double the FSI prescribed under the DCR norms while some had nearly three to four times the required FSI.
The buildings include Rathna stores, whose FSI exceed by 6.50 to what was prescribed as the DCR norms besides Chennai Silks (6.48 FSI) and Sri Kumaran Gold House (6.81FSI).
Similarly, Jayachandran Textiles, Rathna Stores hardly had any front, side or rear setbacks which as per DCR norms should be seven metres each.
Box:
Violators Parameters As per DCR As on site Violations/ Deviation
SAT complex Front set back 3.50 Nil Less by 3.50
Side setback East 3.50 Nil Less by 3.50
Side Setback West 3.50 Nil Less by 3.50
Rear Setback 3.50 Nil Less by 3.50
FSI 1.50 (max) 3.00 Excess by 1.50
Parking 21 cars Nil Less by 21 cars
Rathna Stores Front set back 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Side setback East 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Side Setback West 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Rear Setback 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
FSI 1.50 (max) 8.00 Excess by 6.50
Parking 52 cars Nil Less than 52 cars
Chennai Silks Front set back 7.00 0.61 Less by 6.39
Side setback East 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Side Setback West 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Rear Setback 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
FSI 1.50 (max) 7.98 Excess by 6.48
Parking 99 cars Nil Less by 99 cars
Sri Kumaran Front set back 7.00 0.15 Less by 6.85
Gold House Side setback East 7.00 0.76 Less by 6.24
Side Setback West 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Rear Setback 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
FSI 1.50 (max) 8.31 Excess by 6.81
Parking 76 cars Nil Less by 76 cars
Jeyachandran Front set back 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Textiles Side setback East 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Side Setback West 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Rear Setback 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
FSI 1.50 (max) 5.00 Excess by 3.50
Parking 28 cars Nil Less by 28 cars
Rathna Stores Front set back 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
(P S Rathinam) Side setback East 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Side Setback West 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
Rear Setback 7.00 Nil Less by 7.00
FSI 1.50 5.00 Excess by 3.50
Parking 36 cars Nil Less by 36 cars
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