Parking management to be under PPP mode in all zones of Chennai
The Hindu
The Greater Chennai Corporation will implement a parking management system under public-private-participation PPP mode in all the zones of the city during 2023-2024
The Greater Chennai Corporation will implement a parking management system under public-private-participation PPP mode in all the zones of the city during 2023-2024.
At present, the civic body maintains 5,000 parking slots in zones such as Anna Nagar, Teynampet and Kodambakkam. Mayor R. Priya on Monday said the parking management system would be implemented in all the 15 zones.
An authority comprising civic officials will be created to manage parking spaces in the city.
A citizen engagement platform will be created to integrate all aspects of grievance redress. The data from town planning applications will be used for property tax assessment. Additional equipment, including three mechanical saw for tree pruning, two sand cleaning machines for beaches, GPS for vehicle monitoring and 15 CNG operated mini trucks will be procured.
A scheme “Makkalai Thedi Mayor” will be implemented in all zones. The Mayor will visit the zones to receive petitions from the residents. Six new vehicles to be procured by the Corporation for controlling the community dogs and five new vehicles will be purchased to impound stray cattle.
National Quality Assurance Standards will be adopted for five urban primary health centres. A city public health monitoring system will be developed at the Communicable Diseases Hospital in Tondiarpet to track issues in public health of Chennai.
Shenoy Nagar and Alandur will get new dialysis centres.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.