Chennai: Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) on Friday floated a tender to prepare a detailed project report (DPR), worth ₹48 lakh, for an area development plan for chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur constituency. The proposal includes organised parking, cycling tracks, wider footpaths, cleaner drains, more parks, better drinking water supply and a flood resilience plan. About 20km of streets across the constituency, housing more than three lakh residents, are set to see integrated improvements aimed to fix multiple urban problems simultaneously.The consultant will identify flooding hotspots, sewage overflows, traffic bottlenecks, encroachments, unsafe pedestrian crossings, parking shortages, and conflicts among civic utilities before proposing permanent engineering solutions. The DPR will also include measures to improve connectivity to bus stops and Metro stations, along with short-, medium- and long-term implementation strategies.According to the terms of reference, the consultant will map every aspect of the constituency using GIS surveys and field inspections. They will submit the report in three months and continue providing technical support to GCC during tendering, construction, and inspections. The project seeks to hire urban planning experts and engineers in civil, transportation and design with minimum 15 years of experience.The constituency comprising Perambur, Vyasarpadi, MKB Nagar and Kodungaiyur, has several lower-income neighbourhoods that struggle with flooding, narrow roads, poor pedestrian infrastructure, drinking water issues and encroachments, in addition to Kodungaiyur dumpyard, a sewage-laden Captain Cotton Canal, and flood-prone neighbourhoods in Vyasarapadi.“The initiative aims to create an integrated neighbourhood development model that combines infrastructure upgrades with urban greening, climate-resilient design, improved public spaces, worker-friendly amenities and better parking management, while identifying revenue sources to sustain the infrastructure over the long term,” said GCC commissioner G S Sameeran.Unlike the earlier practice, where different civic projects like drains, streetlights, pavements, were done in a piecemeal manner on different timelines, the initiative this time intends to fix multiple urban problems simultaneously.Vijay is expected to visit Perambur later this month to inaugurate his new MLA office.
