Chennai:
Chennai is in a transition phase and the city corporation is
undertaking several development works to ease congestion and make Chennai livable
and an attractive destination to do
business, according to Chennai Mayor Saidai Duraiswamy and corporation
commissioner P W C Davidar.
Addressing a session on ‘Sustainable Infrastructure
Development for Chennai City’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry
here on Wednesday, Duraiswamy and Davidar assured the business community that
the government is working to ease the traffic congestion and reduce the transit
time to travel across Chennai.
Duraiswamy said a study is being conducted on restoring
Cooum and other water bodies of Chennai and sought the help of businessmen in
public private partnership in restoring them. “This will benefit both --the
businessmen as well as the state,” he added.
Vowing to ease the congestion, the mayor said he held
several round of talks with Metro Rail authorities to speed up the project. He
also said there are also plans to collect the waste from compactors only during
the night time so that traffic congestion could be eased.
Davidar said there are plans to increase the floor space
index, build cycle tracks, have bus rapid transit system and roads that can
last more. He also said the corporation has floated the tenders for bus
shelters and toilets in those shelters.
He also urged the businessmen to help provide the
corporation with thin plastic, which can be used to build the roads, and also
high volume shredders.
Davidar said plans are also on to have potentially vibrant
community spaces under the flyovers.
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