“Once the Chennai Mega Region plan is implemented, Chennai will become the second largest planned region after Delhi. “A committee will study all geographic and demographic issues in the Chennai Mega Region,” says an official. Lessons learned from previous disasters will be used to improve the resilience of the Chennai Mega Region. Civic activists have also demanded initiatives in the Chennai Mega Region to prevent organised grabbing of government land in rural areas . In Arakkonam taluk, there is lack of clarity about which areas are included in the Chennai Mega Region.

Source: The Hindu July 09, 2017 02:17 UTC