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The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It is headquartered at Thaalamuthu Natarajan Building at Egmore. ==History== The MMDA (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. It is headed by minister for housing as its chairman (). In January 2013, CMDA was recognised as a research centre by the Centre for Research, Anna University.〔 CHENNAI METROPOLITAN AREA - PROFILE Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu is the fourth largest metropolitan city in India. The Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) comprises the city of Chennai, 16 Municipalities, 20 Town Panchayats and 214 Village Panchayats in 10 Panchayat Unions. The extent of CMA is 1189 km2. The setting of Chennai is presented in the figure. The CMDA falls in three districts of Tamil Nadu namely Chennai district, part of Thiruvallur district and part of Kancheepuram district. The extent of the Chennai district (covered by the Chennai Municipal Corporation area) is 176 km2 and comprises 55 revenue villages in five Taluks that is to say (i) Fort-Tondiarpet Taluk, (ii) Perambur-Purasawalkam Taluk, (iii) Egmore-Nungambakkam Taluk, (iv) Mambalam-Guindy Taluk and (v) Mylapore-Triplicane Taluk. In Kancheepuram District out of 4433 sq.km, 376 again fall under the CMA. in Tambaram, Sriperumbudur and Chengalpattu Taluks fall in the Metropolitan area. In Thiruvallur District out of total district area of 3427 sq. km, 637 sq.km falls under the CMA. in Ambattur, the taluks of Thiruvallur, Ponneri and Poonamallee fall under the CMA. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) was constituted as an ad-hoc body in 1972 and become statutory body in 1974 vide the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act 1971. It was established under the sub-section 1 of the section 9 –A (2) of the Act and consists of the following members: MEMBERS 1. Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Development 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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