Chennai: The brand new assembly-secretariat advanced will come up at Foreshore Property, govt sources confirmed to TOI.Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) and Higher Chennai Company (GCC) on Saturday gave the ‘enter upon permission’ nod for the advanced to be constructed on 25.16 acres. The govt. is more likely to difficulty an order shortly granting in-principle administrative sanction for the venture.The principle constructing can be a 15-storey construction of 20 lakh sqft built-up house. The TNHB land, which has entry from Santhome foremost highway, carries a tenet worth of twenty-two,000 per sqft, taking its estimated worth to ₹2,047 crore. Chief minister C Joseph Vijay final week mentioned it might be constructed at ₹1,200 crore.The govt. had shortlisted three areas — Foreshore Property, Highways Analysis Station in Guindy and a web site reverse Fintech Metropolis in Nandambakkam. “The supply of 25 acres at Foreshore Property makes it a great location,” mentioned an official.Following a proper request from the govt., TNHB on Saturday granted ‘enter upon permission’ to the general public division to make use of 21.37 acres of its land in Mylapore. The land contains three survey numbers — 4593/1 (0.55 acre), 4593/29 (0.15 acre) and 4593/33 (20.67 acres). The parcels have been acquired in 1958 for housing tasks. Between 1963 and 1968, 1,112 govt workers’ quarters and 96 TNHB quarters have been constructed there. One other 60 quarters have been inbuilt 1986 and 112 in 1998, taking the full to 1,380. Of those, 1,284 quarters had turn into dilapidated. Because the demolition of the buildings, the location has remained vacant. TNHB has initiated steps to demolish its personal 96 residential quarters.“TNHB has mentioned the worth of the land ought to be assessed and paid to it in accordance with govt guidelines. It has additionally requested govt to think about offering different land to compensate for the switch, if such land is accessible,” mentioned the official.In a letter to Chennai collector, TNHB mentioned it had no objection to the usage of the land coated below Survey No.s 7588/2 and 4592/79. In 1997, govt had transferred 1.13 acres in Survey No. 7588/2 in Mylapore village for the development of govt rental housing. Concerning the 1.73 acres coated below Survey No. 4592/79, the board mentioned acquisition recordsdata and different data have been unavailable. Income data, nonetheless, appeared to categorise the parcel as govt poramboke land.GCC has additionally given permission to public dept to make use of 0.93 acres. In line with a letter issued by GCC commissioner G S Sameeran on Sept 5, the land, coated below Survey No. 4593/2, is assessed for highway use. “The land parcels add as much as 25 acres, and with some extra land below income dept, the location will cowl 26.5 acres,” mentioned a govt supply.
