The Tamil Nadu government tabled a Bill in the Assembly on Friday to amend the Town and Country Planning Act, 1971, to provide statutory status to the recently constituted urban development authorities and also to such bodies in future.
The Bill, introduced by Housing Minister S. Muthusamy, recalled the constitution of the urban development authorities in the Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Hosur urban agglomerations. It said it was necessary to provide statutory status to them.
The Bill provides for establishing a urban development authority for urban planning area. It would have eight persons, including a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. It would also have a director, a chief planner, representatives from the local authorities, including the Commissioners of the Corporations.
