GCC plans ₹200-crore infrastructure upgrade for Guindy, Ambattur industrial estates

GCC Joint Commissioner (Works) S. Saravanan inspects the Guindy Industrial Estate under the Adyar zone. He reviewed the existing footpaths, roads and stormwater drains, and the proposed improvements on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has proposed a ₹200-crore infrastructure improvement project for the Guindy and Ambattur industrial estates, with works to be implemented in two phases of ₹100 crore each. The project will cover roads, stormwater drains, footpaths, and streetlights in both the industrial estates.The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the project is almost complete, and the Corporation is preparing to take up the works in phases, a GCC official said.GCC Joint Commissioner (Works) S. Saravanan inspected the Guindy Industrial Estate under the Adyar zone. He reviewed the existing footpaths, roads and stormwater drains and the proposed improvements on Wednesday.The proposed improvements will address deficiencies in basic infrastructure in the two industrial estates, which house several manufacturing units and information technology companies, the official added.The maintenance of roads and other civic amenities in these areas has been a long-standing concern, with infrastructure responsibilities earlier shared by the Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation (TANSIDCO) and the civic body, he said.The GCC and TANSIDCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding in November 2023 for the transfer of approximately 15 km of industrial estate roads to the Corporation for relaying. The arrangement was subsequently expanded to cover the maintenance of other civic infrastructure in both estates.The Chennai Corporation had earlier taken up road relaying works covering 12 roads spanning 4.27 km in Guindy and roads measuring about 11 km in Ambattur. The estimated expenditure for those works in 2024 was ₹7.561 crore. Published - November 12, 2026 12:28 am IST