SkyScrapers in Chennai

If you have watched a television screening any film that has been shot sometime in 1960 and portraying Chennai city, you can see them focussing Chennai on its erstwhile Mount Road (now Anna Salai) and particularly on the 14-storeyed Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) head office near Santhi theater complex. However, this situation is changing now.
This is not the only tall building now. Every corner you turn now in Chennai, you can find at least a minimum nine-floor building located starting from western end near the Chennai Airport towards the far east near Marina Beach or from ECR in the South to Minjur in the North or North West towards Tiruvellore. Real Estate and particularly industrialisation and constructions with multi-tenanted buildings have been a common figure in Chennai.
In one way, is our City capable of handing this tremendous growth of industrial development and population? This is one such question that needs an answer both from the district administration and from the people itself. The alarming rate in which the city swells both in its static and floating population presents and accompanies with it a lot of problems like traffic, ground water, atmosphere pollution, employment and basic amenities like hospital etc.
The lush green areas of Chennai are now a very rare scene since now the city has become a concrete jungle all over. With the expansion and tremendous growth of IT (Information Technology) industry, the number of skyscrapers hosting and serving as IT Parks are also on a fast paced growth. Small industries are selling off to property developers and large scale IT parks are developed. One advantage of IT parks is that they are non-polluting and have more export potential adding to the national exchequer income.
But in a way, I would put, development of IT Parks is a great boon to the country since it is both nonpolluting. The only thing that needs to be taken care is that more of afforestation and ecological preservation for the longevity of earth life.
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Thanks for visiting and sharing your views. As far as Bangalore is concerned, it was modeled as a tourist spot but slowly was converted to a business hub and Silicon Valley of India. The climatic conditions, tourist attractions there and in its vicinity are also standing testimony to this. It would'nt be exaggerating to call Bangalore as a 'heaven on earth' too.
Chennai inherits business sense and environment since British Raj times, since it has a good coastal harbour. Now it has an international airport too. I do accept that people in Chennai summararily lack civic sense in all ways than one and I think any reader would accept the series of chargesheets that you have tried to book on Chennai citizen culture. :) :)
Just wanted to share about the rampant construction of flyovers near Guindy. Did you notice about the amount of demolitons that have been carried out near Kathipara junction?
You are absolutely true. A lot of buildings have been demolished near Guindy Kathipara and Pallavaram (near Airport).
There are also much hue and cry from the residents of Pozhichalur, Anakaputhur and Pammal since the government is trying to acquire the lands for Airport construction.
I have discussed about demolition becoming business here.
We agree your views. All that is needed is whole-hearted and committed complete public awareness.
I have something to discuss about Chennai with respect to the widespread spitting culture. Read here.