Latest Photos of Jeeva Nagar, Chennai

Here are the latest photos from in and around Jeeva Nagar, the residential layout in Chennai neighbouring AUDCO Nagar, Kattupakkam and coming under Mangadu Panchayat.




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Another housewarming in Jeeva Nagar

Another building is complete in Jeeva Nagar, for which the house warming was performed on Sunday. This building is closer to the Mangadu gate, and has a sizeable built-up area of about 2,300 sq feet.

The view of the layout as it appears on the day of this event should convince anyone that this residential complex is among the best shaping up in this part of the city, in spite of the neglect by the layout promoter, and the Mangadu Town Panchayat. The credit for all the development so far goes to the residents. The road in the photo was possible because the residents used the Right to Information Act, 2005, to compel the Mangadu Town Panchayat to act. The funds for the road were made available under the Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi Thittam (Anna village renovation scheme).

Meanwhile active tree planting is going on in the area, with residents bringing Pongamia (Pungan) and Neem saplings for planting. Some of the labour in the construction sites are helping with the planting and watering. If you have a plot in Jeeva Nagar, please send us an email to advance the efforts for better civic development.

CMDA reply shows that Jeeva Nagar has access from Mt Poonamallee Road

The Chennai Metropolitan Develepment Authority has responded to the Right to Information Act application filed by the residents of Jeeva Nagar.
The reply makes it clear that there are two public roads leading to the layout, one in the Northeast and another on the Southwest.
The details of the roads are as follows:
Northeast public road -- 7.2 metres wide
Southwest Public Road -- 12.0 metres wide
Any obstruction of access from the Southwest Road, on the Mount - Poonamallee Road side is, therefore, not valid under the CMDA approved Plan.

Right to Information (RTI) application filed with CMDA

The residents of Jeeva Nagar have filed last week, an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005, with the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) seeking to know the status of approach roads to the approved layout.

This has become necessary, as the approach to the Nagar, shown in the registration documents and layout map of the promoter, BLB Estates, is now sought to be made a limited access way by some other property owners.

The information furnished by CMDA will be reported here in full and also reproduced in the original.

Jeeva Nagar now on Youtube

Thanks to the slow progress on civic matters, Jeeva Nagar has now perhaps become one of the first town panchayat layouts to have a short movie on Youtube, titles, credits and all. Ironically, the property value is rising all the time. A major transaction has taken place in the layout which indicates that it may witness another apartment block coming up.

Four apartments on the Eastern side are already at an advanced stage of completion. Catch a glimpse of this in the video below, in the first half (the first floor structure with brickwork). Also notice the few houses that are already there.

The Mangadu Town Panchayat has not provided the necessary road infrastructure. The Kattupakkam Panchayat has also not completed its road laying work, leaving costly granite jelly stones exposed to the elements.

See the video here:



As the Mangadu Town Panchayat and the CMDA continue to drag their feet, they will find themselves having a more and more visible -- and unflattering -- presence on the Internet.

Jeeva Nagar in The Hindu's Property Plus supplement

The Hindu's Property Plus supplement carries a write-up today on the use of the Right to Information Act to get information about Jeeva Nagar.

Read it here.

We will soon be featuring videos of the layout, to give the outside world a sense of what is happening there.

Updates for the last several weeks

It has been a while since we updated the blog. In the last few months, work on the single road that the Mangadu Town Panchayat has agreed to lay has begun. Two more houses have been completed and one family has moved in.

The most recent concerns surround the rainwater stagnation that has resulted from the rains. Many plots apparently remain cut-off now, but we believe that this situation will soon change.

One of the big agglomerations of plots is said to have changed hands and we may expect an apartment complex coming up at the site. This is good news, as it will bring more people to the locality and add to social cohesion and safety, besides giving a demand push for services. Already, a small apartment complex is under construction in the layout.

The kutcha road leading to the Poonamallee - Mount road remains a sticking point, as its status is not known. The Mangadu panchayat had conveyed in reply to an RTI petition that it comes under the Kattupakkam panchayat.

Keep writing letters to the editor in major newspapers and demand more civic services.