This important busy road in Nungambakkam to get pedestrian plaza
Posted on: 29/Oct/2020 9:10:16 AM
After T. Nagar, Nungambakkam would also be getting pedestrian plaza. Information collected is that GCC or Greater Chennai Corporation has shortlisted the Khader Nawaz Khan Road in Nungambakkam for redevelopment under the Mega Street Project.
Recently, a meeting took place at Ripon Buildings in Chennai and in the meeting Khader Nawaz Khan Road was finalised for the redevelopment project. This was mentioned by an official belonging to GCC. He hinted that the road would also have similar facilities like the pedestrian plaza in T. Nagar and the project would be carried out under the Smart City Mission.
It must be noted that the Chennai Corporation launched a smart city mission and it decided to redevelop the roads and streets belonging to selected areas.
It is known that the places like Adyar, Mylapore, Anna Nagar, Nungambakkam, Velachery, Tondiarpet, GeorgeTown and Tiruvottriyur were segregated into 6 packages during the first phase of the project. The objective behind this was to create one pedestrian plaza in each of the packages.
In addition to creating pedestrian friendly facilities, the Mega Street project would also be creating greenways along the water bodies. As per the official of GCC it was clear that roads and streets in 5 other packages were not yet finalised for re-development. Point is Khader Nawaz Khan Road has been finalised under the Nungambakkam package.
It is possible to see many retail showrooms and dine-ins in this Khader Nawaz Khan Road in Nungambakkam now. In the past, this road was home to many swanky bungalows etc is a known fact.
