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T. Chitti Babu, Managing Director, Akshaya Homes
The existing FSI in the city is good enough to build nice facilities. Instead the height restrictions on buildings may be relaxed so that we can go taller and free the ground for more open space. It is important to enforce zoning regulation like preventing commercial building entering prime residential area in order to improve the quality of life in the city.
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G.Dattatri, Ex-advisor UN- Habitat and retired chief planner of CMDA
By increasing the FSI and building height the land cost and selling price of built space cannot be reduced. The land cost and selling price of apartments with higher FSI (like IT buildings) and lower FSI are not different. Planners recommend only sustainable FSI as they apprehend that any increase in density will result in straining the urban infrastructure and facilities, which are already in bad shape.
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K.P.Subrmanian, former professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Anna University
Any decision to raise FSI must come with a qualifier. Infrastructure has to be developed and investment on public transportation has to be increased alongside. What Chennai lacks is a regional approach, the city cannot continue to expand and grow forever. There must be a limit to its expansion and the growth has to be channelled to the adjacent cities. This will help us achieve good quality of life within the city.
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