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| jurisdiction = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| headquarters = [[Egmore]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| motto = Better Chennai is Our Motto<br />
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The '''Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority''' ('''CMDA''') is the urban planning agency of [[Chennai]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The CMDA administers the [[Chennai metropolitan area|Chennai Metropolitan Region]], spread over an area of {{Convert|5904|km2|abbr=on}} and covers the districts of [[Chennai district|Chennai]], [[Thiruvallur district|Thiruvallur]], [[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu]], Ranipet and [[Kancheepuram district|Kancheepuram]].<ref name="About CMDA">{{cite news|url= https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/government-issues-order-for-expanding-chennai-metropolitan-planning-area-to-5904-sq-km/article66041750.ece |title=Order issued for expansion of Chennai to 5,904 sq. km; over 1,200 villages set to be added |publisher=The Hindu |date=2022-10-22}}</ref> It was set up for the purposes of planning, co-ordination, supervising, promoting and securing the planned development of the [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]]. It coordinates the development activities of the municipal corporations, municipalities and other local authorities.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The CMDA was constituted as an ad hoc body in 1972 under the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971. It was formed as the nodal [[Town planning]] authority for the city of Madras (now [[Chennai]]) and its suburbs and became a statutory body in 1974.<ref name="Hindu_CMDADeclaredAResearchCentre">{{cite news<br />
| last = Xavier Lopez<br />
| first = Aloysius<br />
| title = CMDA declared a centre for research<br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| publisher = The Hindu<br />
| date = 13 February 2013<br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/cmda-declared-a-centre-for-research/article4408375.ece<br />
| access-date = 17 Feb 2013}}</ref> It is headed by minister for housing as its chairman.<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://www.cmdachennai.org/english/aboutus/<br />
| title = Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority<br />
| date = n.d.<br />
| publisher = CMDA Chennai<br />
| access-date = 30 November 2010<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182620/http://www.cmdachennai.org/english/aboutus/<br />
| archive-date = 25 July 2011<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
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In January 2013, CMDA was recognised as a research centre by the Centre for Research, [[Anna University]].<ref name="Hindu_CMDADeclaredAResearchCentre" /><br />
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== Jurisdiction ==<br />
The CMA falls in five Districts of the Tamil Nadu State viz. Chennai District, Tiruvallur District (except Pallipattu, RK Pet & parts of Tiruttani Taluks), Kancheepuram District (except Uthiramerur Taluk), Chengalpattu District (except Madurantakam & Cheyyur Taluks) & Ranipet District (parts of Arakkonam Taluk). New construction in areas under the CMDA needs their approval to start work.<br />
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In [[Chennai district]]<br />
#[[Alandur taluk|Alandur]]<br />
#[[Ambattur taluk|Ambattur]]<br />
#[[Aminjikarai taluk|Aminjikarai]]<br />
#[[Ayanavaram taluk|Ayanavaram]]<br />
#[[Egmore taluk|Egmore]]<br />
#[[Guindy taluk|Guindy]]<br />
#[[Madhavaram taluk|Madhavaram]]<br />
#[[Maduravoyal taluk|Maduravoyal]]<br />
#[[Mambalam taluk|Mambalam]]<br />
#[[Mylapore taluk|Mylapore]]<br />
#[[Perambur taluk|Perambur]]<br />
#[[Purasawalkam taluk|Purasawalkam]]<br />
#[[Sholinganallur taluk|Sholinganallur]]<br />
#[[Thiruvottiyur taluk|Thiruvottiyur]]<br />
#[[Tondiarpet taluk|Tondiarpet]]<br />
#[[Velachery taluk|Velachery]]<br />
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In [[Chengalpattu district]]<br />
#[[Pallavaram taluk|Pallavaram]]<br />
#[[Tambaram taluk|Tambaram]]<br />
#[[Vandalur taluk|Vandalur]]<br />
#[[Chengalpattu taluk|Chengalpattu]]<br />
#[[Thiruporur taluk|Thiruporur]]<br />
#[[Tirukalukundram taluk|Tirukalukundram]]<br />
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In [[Kanchipuram district]]<br />
#[[Kundrathur taluk|Kundrathur]]<br />
#[[Sriperumbudur taluk|Sriperumbudur]]<br />
#[[Kanchipuram taluk|Kanchipuram]]<br />
#[[Walajabad taluk|Walajabad]]<br />
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In [[Tiruvallur district]]<br />
#[[Avadi taluk|Avadi]]<br />
#[[Poonamallee taluk|Poonamallee]]<br />
#[[Ponneri taluk|Ponneri]]<br />
#[[Gummidipoondi taluk|Gummidipoondi]]<br />
#[[Uthukottai taluk|Uthukottai]]<br />
#[[Tiruvallur taluk|Tiruvallur]]<br />
#[[Tiruttani taluk|Tiruttani]] (partial)<br />
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In [[Ranipet district]]<br />
#[[Arakkonam taluk|Arakkonam]] (partial)<br />
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== Projects ==<br />
Some of the notable projects undertaken by the CMDA include:<br />
* [[Chennai Mofussil bus terminus]], [[Koyambedu]]<br />
* [[Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex|Wholesale vegetable market]], [[Koyambedu]]<br />
* [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]]<br />
* [[Outer Ring Road, Chennai|Outer Ring Road]]<br />
*[[Madhavaram Mofussil Bus Terminus]], [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]]<br />
*[[Kilambakkam bus terminus|Kilambakkam Mofussil Bus Terminus]], [[Kilambakkam]]<br />
*Kuthambakkam Mofussil Bus Terminus, Kuthambakkam<br />
*Ambattur Industrial Estate Bus Terminus, [[Ambattur Industrial Estate]]<br />
*Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Bus Terminus, [[Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar]]<br />
*Periyar Nagar Bus Terminus, [[Periyar Nagar]], [[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]]<br />
*M. K. B Nagar Bus Terminus, [[Mahakavi Bharathi Nagar|M. K. B Nagar]], [[Vyasarpadi]]<br />
*Kaviyarasu Kannadasan Nagar Bus Terminus, [[Kaviyarasu Kannadhasan Nagar|KKD Nagar]], [[Kodungaiyur]]<br />
*Ennore Bus Terminus, [[Ennore]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Portal|India}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/ CMDA Homepage]<br />
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{{State Agencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
{{Chennai Topics}}<br />
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