In limbo: The Third Master Plan 2026-47 is aimed at addressing the long-term issues in land use, sectoral planning, and disparities in service delivery for almost 10 million residents. There seems to be no fresh timeline for the release of the plan.
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During the recent Assembly election, those campaigning in the 37 Assembly constituencies in the Kancheepuram-Tiruvallur-Chennai-Chengalpattu area had raised the issue of delay in the release of the Third Master Plan for Chennai city. There has been a demand for fine-tuning the plan to make Chennai a future-ready city.
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) was expected to release the Third Master Plan (TMP) 2026-2047, with approval from the State government, during Pongal 2026. However, the deadline was missed. CMDA officials said they would expedite the work, but there has been no fresh timeline for studies or a revised deadline for the plan.
Published – May 03, 2026 05:30 am IST
