Aerial view of one of many three websites proposed by the TVK-led Tamil Nadu authorities for the brand new Secretariat-Meeting complicated at Pattinapakkam (Foreshore Property) overlooking Marina Seashore in Chennai
| Photograph Credit score: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The Tamil Nadu authorities, which has recognized three websites for the proposed Meeting-Secretariat complicated in Chennai, is predicted to make its last selection and announce it by the center of this month.
The websites recognized by the federal government are: the Highways Analysis Station (HRS) in Guindy; a residential colony established by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board in Pattinapakkam (Foreshore Property); and the plot as soon as occupied by the now-defunct Indian Medicine and Prescription drugs Ltd. (IDPL) in Nandambakkam.
Deserves, demerits of the three websites
Every website has its personal execs and cons. As an illustration, the HRS complicated, positioned reverse the Lok Bhavan, is accessible by a reasonably broad Sardar Patel Highway. In truth, this fashioned part of the world chosen by the AIADMK regime underneath Jayalalithaa for the Secretariat complicated in 2003. Later that yr, she laid the muse stone for the Secretariat challenge, which lined about 43 acres and prolonged from the Gandhi Mandapam Highway-end to the HRS on Sardar Patel Highway. The proximity of the HRS compound to Anna College, the place numerous college students are finding out, is an element that must be saved in thoughts.
Although not positioned on roads as extensive as these within the case of the HRS, the websites of Foreshore Property and Nandambakkam are in accessible spots. It’s a matter of time earlier than Chennai Metro Rail providers, overlaying Nandambakkam too, will likely be inaugurated, whereas Foreshore Property is positioned nearer to Adyar and Mylapore, two vital areas of Chennai. Nevertheless, Foreshore Property is in a crucial but dreaded a part of the town for commuters.
Two of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s predecessors, Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, had tried to shift the Secretariat from the present Fort St. George. Whereas Jayalalithaa’s efforts have been futile, Karunanidhi had constructed a brand new Secretariat constructing on the Omandurar Authorities Property, however Jayalalithaa, upon returning to energy in 2011, had transformed it right into a multi-speciality hospital.
Printed – September 03, 2026 03:14 pm IST
