Chennai to now cover Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts
Posted on: 17/Apr/2013 3:22:23 PM
Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Housing and Urban Development R. Vaithilingam made an announcement on Tuesday saying that the Chennai Mega Region would now include the entire area of Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur districts, and also Vellore district’s Arakkonam Taluk.
‘ Preliminary report to expand the jurisdiction of CMA to 8,878 sq km is being examined by the government… The existing jurisdiction of CMA covering 1,189 sq km in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur districts was declared in 1973-1974. Areas outside the CMA are witnessing rapid development and there is a need to integrate these developments with Chennai’, he said.
