State Acquired Land

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09th September 2016
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"...the Supreme Court delivered a favourable verdict upholding the acquisition of a land at Urapakkam, one of the earlier sites preferred by the government. The land owner, VGP Housing Private Ltd, challenged the acquisition and the case was pending in the Supreme Court. Sources said the State government hired a senior counsel to fight the case in the apex court.

The site at Urapakkam is spread over 88.52 acres and besides the satellite bus terminus, the government might also plan a few other projects for public transport.

After obtaining the copy of the Supreme Court’s August 30 verdict, the Revenue Department passed an order on Wednesday transferring the land to the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. A board was also put up on the site warning against tresspassing.

“This was to fulfil the announcement of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, made in the assembly to set up a bus terminal for south-bound buses in the location,” a senior official said.

“How much the CMDA will pay for the land would be evaluated later,” said sources in the Revenue Department. Interestingly, the credit goes to Revenue Department officials, who were proactive immediately after getting the court order and started the work to hand over the land to CMDA despite three closed holidays.

“The work for building the bus terminus has started now. A JCB was pressed into service to clear the area,” revenue officials said. Sources said that now the government would go in for a consultant to develop the bus terminus and a number of other infrastructure projects including monorail terminus."
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Coordinates:   12°52'21"N   80°4'51"E

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  • VGP land. But there like this for years
  • Vandalur - Proposed site for Chennai Bus Terminus-CMDA
  • This is VGP land now for this project only no layout approval was given for this land. now govt is taking it after passing an ordinance
  • Yes this place is proposed bus stand for buses going to south..
  • This is not the correct place. As per the news papers/websites, the site is near Mannivakkam
  • awesome project
  • The place for the new bus stand is proposed just opposite to the Vandalur lake
  • Dont give wrong information. This is not the place selected for bus terminal.Its opposite to lake on Vandalur- Oragadam road.
  • The place proposed for vandalur bus terminus is not correct due to some of the farmers are getting affected. let us say the goverment can change the place to near the vandalur lake. this will not effect others
  • After 36 years of court hall battle, the Kancheepuram revenue administration on Thursday succeeded in taking possession of 86 acres of prime land worth over Rs 1000 crore from a private company on the GST Road at suburban Vandalur. “This is a major retrieval of land and we thank the high court for intervening. The land had been purchased by the VGP group in violation of the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling of Land) Act 1961. We lost the case in the Chengalpet munsiff court in 2004 and moved an appeal before the high court, where we have now got the relief”, Panneerselvam told DC. According to CMDA sources, the government may use the acquired land to launch its bus terminus project, which needs about 60 acres. Meanwhile, local residents and businessmen in the region are happy with this development.
  • what is the status of new bus terminus at urapakkam now?
  • Government should bring the new bus terminus somewhere between Singaperumal Koil and Chengalpet.Vandalur is already heavily congested and it is a bad decision to bring the Bus Terminus here.
  • Friend, May I get the project details Please... jawaharcb@gmail.com
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