Bridges at Level Crossing- Welcomed Projects

The members of residents’ Welfare Associations are encouraging the plan of the Chennai Corporation to develop a road over-bridge at the level crossing gate between Perambur and Villivakkam railway station. Constructing such bridges and other infrastructure developments is not as easy as constructing residential buildings by flat promoters in Chennai. The state government has to get approval from the officials of every department and also from residents, if in case, their property gets acquired for extension of road or some infrastructure development. Next is, the government has to wait for long run till the fund gets sanctioned. As the amount dealt is too high, it takes long time for the sanctioning of money.

In GKM Colony, Kolathur, a public meeting has been conducted by Chennai Corporation which took voting among the residents. In the voting, all the residents gave good feedback on the planned project. In addition to these projects, the residents residing at residential real estate projects in Chennai also suggested for the need of an over-bridge at the level crossing to ease traffic congestion. It is must since during peak hours, vehicles queue up for more than 1 Km distance to cross the railway track. As per the wordings of the members said in the Residents Welfare Association, Kolathur, ROB can be constructed to ease access for those who are travelling from Kolathur and Villivakkam, both are highly populated area.

The video of the public suggestions are shown to the Corporation Mayor Saidai S.Duraisamy who decided and started the road widening and other infrastructure projects. Currently, these projects are in the pipeline. Villivakkam MLA requested the civic body to consider about developing over-bridges for the motorist traveling towards Villivakkam after going looking into the drawbacks in the alignment of the south region. The MLA was stated that if the infrastructure project gets delayed, the main reason would be because of southern railways. In precaution, he asked the MPs of North Chennai and Central (T.G. Venkatesh Babu and S.R.Vijayakumar ) to take up the issue seriously and have a meeting with Railway authorities. The 2 way ROB has been planned for a length of 860 metres and it is also calculated that the cost for completing it would require Rs.39.6 crore. As per the report of the source, the state government should acquire around 80000 feet of land for the development of this project.

Things to Consider when Moving to a New home

You have to ensure that all things are in right place before you make a move to a new house. Among all other things, the foremost thing is that you have to make sure that the road leading to the house is in a passable way. This is because it helps the residents of 1 BHK home to have proper commutation to all places in the city without any problem. Proper passage not only provides proper commutation but also plays a greater role in capital appreciation. Secondly, the cost of maintaining the facility must be manageable. This helps the residents to save a lot of money in their pocket and helps to manage their monthly expenses. People invested in Amarprakash will not file Amarprakash builders complaints in these issues.

Thirdly, proper checking of sewage system is quite essential as sewage problem will become a hectic problem in future for the residents of 2 BHK house so it is better to have a complete check of the sewage system. This avoids not only the hectic problem but also saves a lot of money. Fourth, it is also essential to have a check at the roof to ensure whether anything is leaking or whether the roof is in damaged condition. Finally, you have to ensure that security in and around the new abode.

The security aspect is a very sensitive issue so it is essential to check whether every aspect of security issue is uncompromised. The locks of the gate and doors should be changed or rekeyed when you move into the new 3 BHK home in Chennai because you can’t predict the character and behavior of previous dwellers. To improvise the security system of the abode, you can call a professional to either replace or rekey all the locks. The professional will rekey and make new keys for the locks instead of replacing it. This is the right way to prevent the entry of former tenants and others with a duplicate key from getting into the residence. When compared to rekeying, the locksmith finds it more difficult in changing the locks.

A locksmith charges an amount as fee for rekeying and making new set of keys. Though this becomes an expensive process, it is a guaranteed choice for proper security of a 4 BHK abode. Though this is quite costly, rekeying all the doors is important o ensure tight security issues. The professional locksmiths adopt different methods to rekey the locks. The most common method adapted by locksmiths is changing of the pins. This method is very effective when it is done on deadbolt locks. Removing of cylinder is not carried out in this method and it is important for the owners to keep the old keys safely as it may help in removing the cylinder in future.

The locksmith may begin his work by removing the handle which can be done by inserting a wire tool. Once the door handle is removed, the locksmith should start removing the cylinder and should make a change in the pin. Finally, he should reassemble the lock by inserting the pins. After doing all the above mentioned points, the individual can make their move to the new house and lead a problem-free and secure life.

Do Moulivakkam Building Collapse erodes Purchaser’s trust on Developers?

Few months back, the collapse of Moulivakkam 12-storey under-construction building has completely eroded the sentiments of the property purchasers all over the city and also their trust over the property, said a real estate portal survey. After this incident, Indiaproperty.com conducted a survey between July 9th to 14^th,2014 across many major and smaller metros such as Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Pune and Mumbai, said that about 90% of the participants were anxious about the construction quality. Moreover, around 70% of people in major cities are living in flats and facing issues such as sewage problem, less quality, water scarcity, electricity problem and many other issues are faced by the residents in their everyday life.

In case of Amarprakash developers, they never concession on quality so their projects are good in quality along with fundamental facilities.  Reviews on Amarprakash builders are positive since the developer offers everything that everyone demands. So, there are no negative reviews on Amarprakash builders posted by customer forever. When people have no 50% trust on other builders, Amarprakash builders gain cent percent trust from the customers. In the wake of the Moulivakkam disaster, CMDA (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) had sought to maintain the quality structure by inspecting the buildings regularly. Though CMDA have started to inspect the buildings, general public are still in wrong assumption about the realty builders.

Around 90% of the residents were more aware about the Moulivakkam incident. The given information was stated in the survey taken among people all around Tamil Nadu. In the survey, it was also said that not only small builders construct homes under substandard level, but also some great developers were in practice of such level which brings fear in the mind of people. The main reason for poor quality buildings is due to the corruption in our country. Not only corruption is the main reason, but also insufficient workforce is another fact. Another major factor is the material cost is increasing higher and higher, so the contractors and builders compromise on quality in order to cut the cost.

In small cities, about 45% of the developers were found not following the approval plan properly, said the government’s survey. Only 40% of the builders were taking responsibility to get sanction for their structure plan. The engineers of CMDA started to do continuous measures like regular inspection at different stages of the structure, frequent site checking, strengthening the regulatory act, speeding up the inspection process, checking the material quality and lots more. CMDA started to take severe action against fraud and cheat developers. Not only fraud builders, but actions are taken against those who have no license. Majority of people were involved in checking the construction quality in order to avoid building disaster that took place at Moulivakkam.

Chennai Civic body aims at renovating the Pedestrian

The council of Chennai Corporation has approved a non-motorised transport policy (NMT) to promote cycle rickshaws, walking, pushcarts, cycling and other forms of mobility driven by human beings. The government has set a target of extending the area for pedestrians and cyclists by around 45% by the year 2018. It also executed policy decisions that mainly targets of decreasing the number of death percentage taking place among pedestrians and cyclists to zero per annum. By 2018, the public transport is expected to be about 65% for motorized trips. While within 5 years almost 80% of the streets will be having footpaths and these footpaths will be having 30 metre wide with unobstructed and continuous cycle track of 2 metre wide, stated the officials. These kinds of streets can be seen in Chrompet and its surrounding areas since these areas are developed recently so the pedestrians and other infrastructure are followed properly. Due to this, it adds safety to the residents who have invested in residential projects in Chennai.

Further, the city corporation had taken initiatives to promote proper walking and cycling tracks so that a safe network of greenways, footpaths, cycle tracks and other facilities is implemented. Along with this, streets are designed in accordance with the best in multi modal designs, pedestrian oriented which will be including water management techniques and environmental planning. Similar to the government, many reliable flat promoters in Chennai started adopting unique techniques in their buildings. These measures taken by the government improve mobility and access and also promote economic and social empowerment by the way of NMT and low cost mobility facilities. Implementing these features is completely safe for human beings, especially the women.

According to the statement of an official, those people like businessmen, residents and other stakeholders who are paying their participation in the preparation of standard designs are given a sense of ownership in these NMT spaces. The work of the government not only gets over here. The civic body will continuously measure the effectiveness of their policy with the use of indicators like footpath coverage, checking the kilometer of private motor vehicle travelled, mode share for cyclist and pedestrians, cycle track coverage, occurrence of traffic crashes and public transport mode share. The government body will ensure whether the officials have allocated at least 50-60% of the existing transport budget for the growth of NMT infrastructure.