Coimbatore city and regional planning

COIMBATORE Regional and City Planning - VENNICE ANGELLA

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COIMBATORE REGION 1.

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TIMELINE STYLE NEED FOR REGIONAL PLANNING CHARACTERISTICS OF DISTRICTS PLANNING METHODOLOGY

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COIMBATORE CITY

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TIMELINE - HISTORY

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SETTLEMENT PATTERN

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LANDUSE AND ZONING

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TOPOGRAPHY

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CLIMATE

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COIMBATORE INFRASTRUCTURE

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TRANSPORTATION 1. CYCLE AND WALKING 2. PUBLIC TRANSPORT 3. BUS, RAILWAY AND AIRWAY

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IMAGE OF THE CITY

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LANDMARK SMART CITY PROJECT

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Coimbatore , Nilgiris , Tirupur and erode District Coimbatore , Nilgiris and erode District

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Coimbatore and Nilgiris District

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ABOUT NILGIRIS DISTRICT

TIRUPUR DISTRICT

Nilgiris district major economic activity was tourism due to the presence of hills reserve forest and pleasant climate.

The Coimbatore Region is rich in terms of forest and biodiversity constituting of National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. The share of forest area in the Nilgiris and Erode district is almost 56% and 46% respectively making this region eco sensitive.

Tirupur district witnessed high industrialization and urbanization due to the presence of textile and hosiery industries.

COIMBATORE REGION COIMBATORE DISTRICT Coimbatore is one of the four Metropolitan cities in the region and consists of second highest number of non-metropolitan cities and census towns.

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ERODE DISTRICT Erode district is famous for Turmeric cultivation and Textile manufacturing. There are many tourist places in the district.

NEED FOR PLANNING Begins with the understanding and importance of the regional plan in Indian context by referring to the case studies adopted for interpretation of the basic characteristics of the regional plan.

Manchester of South India Coimbatore, a vibrant industrial city in the western part of Tamil Nadu, is home to over 2.3 million inhabitants, 1 making it the second largest city in the state.

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Coimbatore has a population density of only 34 persons per hectare, indicating that there is potential to increase densities and achieve a more compact city form as the city grows.

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SANGESHWARAN TEMPLE

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KOSAMBATHORE

SANGAM AGE AD 100-250

RASHTRA KUTTAS AD 250 405

CHOLA AD 880 1279

ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY

CHALUKYAS

PANDHIYAS AD 1216 1335

HOYSALA AD 1291 1342

MYSORE RULE 1792-1857

MADURAI NAYAKS 1564-1736

VIJAYANAG AR 1336-1564

SETTLEMENT PATTERN

Based on extensive field observation, by the researcher the houses are classified into 4 categories viz., individual bangalow type, terraced individual houses, tiled houses, and huts.

LANDUSE 2002

Residential Commercial Industrial Educational Public and semi public Dry and wet agriculture spaces Waterbodies

TOPOGRAPHY The topography within 2 miles of Coimbatore contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 154 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,376 feet.

Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,914 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,583 feet).

CLIMATE

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COIMBATORE INFRASTRUCTURE ✓The population of Coimbatore has nearly doubled with a growth rate of 46.25% ✓Its area has expanded from 105.6 sq.km to 275 sq.km ✓4 municipalities and 7 panchayats were merged into local planning area. ✓City currently have over 30000 small to large scale industries that provide employment to 40% of city population. ✓Industrial growth has also engulfed the neighbouring areas of conoor, Palakkad, Tirupur, mettupalayam and polachi thus connecting ‘urban network’.

Power Though not in abundance, it is well distributed and privatised power generation for captive consumption is prevalent.

Medical Facilities State of the art medical facilities are available thanks to the hospitals and medical centres in the Private Sector.

✓True to the composition of a prospective metropolitan city. ✓ Coimbatore has a well developed social infrastructure including hotels, health services, recreational spots, research institutions, professional colleges, two universities and one deemed university and commercial complexes. ✓Trained manpower is available in most of the disciplines. Airport provides quick access to the metros.

Hotels

Exhibiton Grounds

The city has a number of good and decent hotels, which are modestly priced. A number of new Hotels are also coming up to cope up with the growth of the city.

Coimbatore also has the second largest Exhibition Grounds after New Delhi's Pragrati Maidan. This was constructed by CODISSIA of Coimbatore, close to the Airport.

TRANSPORTATION

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The City is the district headquarters and is well known for its textile and automobile industries.

Coimbatore is well connected to other parts of the state by road, railways, and air. The city is well positioned at the junction of major roads from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka.

Ring roads

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There is a major bypass Built by L&T from Neelambur to Madukkarai on NH 47 which intersects trichy road at Chintamani Pudur near Irugur and Eachanari in Pollachi Road.

The Coimbatore Corporation is undertaking the construction of six Rail-Over-Bridges in the city.

Public transport

National highways

ROADS

Six major National Highways radiate outward from Coimbatore:

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• NH 544(Avinashi road) towards Salem leading to Bangalore and Chennai.

• NH 544(Pallakad road) towards Trichur, Kochi and Trivandram • NH 81(new NH code for Trichy Road) towards Karur, Tichy, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam.

• NH 181(Mettupalayam Road) towards Ooty and Gudalur leading to Karnataka and Kerala.

• NH 948(Sathy Road) towards Sathyamangalam, Chamrajnagar, Mysore, Bangalore.

• NH 83(Pollachi Road) towards Palani, Oddanchatram , Dindigul, Trichy, Tanjore, Nagapattinam.

Current transport conditions Walking and cycling Coimbatore has some moderate quality footpaths on streets including T. V. Swamy Road and D. B. Road.

In addition, there is a high quality walkway along the Race Course. However, footpaths are narrow or completely absent on most streets in the city.

Where present, footpaths are often encroached by electrical boxes, poles, and parking.

Busy market streets, such as NSR Road and the Town Hall road, as well as major public transport corridors, such as Trichy Road and Avinashi Rd, lack safe and continuous footpaths, cycling tracks, and pedestrian crossings.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT Bus Transport

Gandhipuram Bus stand • Gandhipuram Town Bus stand • Gandhipuram Moffusil Bus stand • Gandhipuram Thiruvalluvar Bus stand (For SETC(TNSTC) and KSRTC Buses) • Gandhipuram Omni Bus stand (Near G.P. Signal) • Singanallur Moffusil and Town Bus stand • New Bus stand (Near Saibaba Temple) • Ukkadam Moffusil and Town Bus stand • Vellalore Integrated Bus stand (Upcoming)

Coimbatore comprises bus services operated by the Tamil Nadu State Road Transportation Corporation (TNSTC) and privately owned bus operators With growing congestion, buses are no longer fast or reliable in areas like Town Hall, Tiruchi Road, and Gandhipuram. Some areas, such as Kamaraj Road, are underserved by the existing buses, while corridors such as Tiruchi Road are not sufficiently interlinked with other parts of the city

Coimbatore Junction, also known as Kovai Junction, is the primary railway station serving the city of Coimbatore. It has six platforms.

It is a Major Railway junction in South India and the Second busiest and revenue yielding railway station in Tamil Nadu after Chennai.

Many trains from Kerala to other parts of the country pass through Coimbatore Junction apart from 18 pairs of terminating express trains.

It is one of the top booking stations in India according to Indian Railway

Railway Station

Airport Coimbatore International Airport SERVING COIMBATORE AND ITS SUBURBS

Coimbatore International Airport (IATA: CJB, ICAO: VOCB) is a major airport mostly serving Coimbatore and its suburbs in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The Coimbatore International Airport is the second busiest airport in Tamil Nadu after Chennai International Airport, in terms of passenger traffic, cargo traffic as well as aircraft movement. The Coimbatore International Airport serves as the city's airport for both domestic and international flights.

✓ The airport consists of separate International terminal and the Domestic terminal, and handles domestic as well as international flights. ✓ The Airport lies around 12 km from the city centre and is accessible by road and rail transport services. ✓ This airport is undergoing modernisation and expansion of the runway, including the alteration of an additional terminal.

LANDMARKS Marudamalai Temple

Eachanari Vinayagar Temple

Isha yoga foundation

Csi Christ church

St. Micheal Cathedral

Athar Jamad Masjid

RELEGIOUS LANDMARKS

Velingiri Temple

TOURIST PLACES TO VISIT IN COIMBATORE 1. Trekking And Camping 2. Meditate At Dhyanalinga 3. Watch a Racing Event At Kari Motor Speedway 4. Admire The Beauty Of Nature At Kovai Kutralam Falls 5. Witness The Majestic Sunset At Valankulam Lake 6. Enjoy an Uphill Drive To Valparai 7. Savour The Authentic South Indian Delicacies

Victoria Town Hall

Townhall Clock

HYSTORICAL LANDMARKS Gass Forest Museum

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IMAGE OF THE CITY EXIST IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes, and Landmarks.

IMAGE OF THE CITY EDGES

DISTRICTS

Boundaries They are be either Real or Perceived These are walls, buildings, and shorelines, curbstone, streets, overpasses, etc.

NODES Large areas we enter, serve as the foci of the city, neighborhood, district, etc.

Offers the person in them multiple perspectives of the other core elements LAKE

Medium to large areas that are two-dimensional An individual enters into and out of these areas Have common identifying characteristics

LANDMARKS Points of reference person cannot enter into These are buildings, signs, stores, mountains, public art At least one aspect of them is unique or memorable in the context they exist

ECO-RESTORATION OF 8 LAKES, Coimbatore Smart City

• Presently, the lakes in Coimbatore which are important component of its cultural heritage suffer in a state of neglect and disrepair. These sewage-carrying, debris-ridden lakes can be easily transformed into the city’s new ‘public realm’ and can be made to harness eco-system services to help the city become more sustainable and liveable for the future. The lake system built by the Cholas 1200 years back, was an intricate interconnected-system, where water flowing into the Noyall Valley from the surrounding hills of Western Ghats is first intercepted by these lakes and overflows of which then feed subsequent lakes, before finally connecting to the River. The Coimbatore Smart City Plan list out 8 lakes situated North of Noyall River valley, which are fed by canals from overflow weirs constructed on River Noyall and storm-water streams originating in the Western Ghats situated further north of the Noyall basin. Making connections by identifying and working on the MISSING LINKS the 8 lakes project for Coimbatore Smart city focuses on following three areas: • Water linkages • Green linkages • Walking and cycling linkages AIM

to create cross-sectoral solutions to create a unique opportunity for the city to re-align itself to protect, conserve and celebrate its rich cultural heritage and help tackle problems of sewage pollution.

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• Coimbatore is the biggest area in terms of its expanse as a Smart City with four lakes towards the West covering an area of 388 acres and then phase one which has Valankulam, Selvachinthamani and Periyakulam where there is 600 acres followed by Trichy Road and Singanallur , 300 acres. • Coimbatore is the biggest area in terms of its expanse as a Smart City with four lakes towards the West covering an area of 388 acres and then phase one which has Valankulam, Selvachinthamani and Periyakulam where there is 600 acres followed by Trichy Road and Singanallur , 300 acres.

LAKE 1

PERIAKULAM

LAKE 2

VALANKULAM

LAKE 3

SELVACHINT AMANI

LAKE 4

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UKKADAM LAKE FRONT DEVELOPMENT

In Ukkadam Periyakulam the renovation work is progressing very fast as it has to be completed by end of December, Footpaths, Site seeing points for the public, seating’s for visitors are some highlights which can be seen from the ongoing work.

It’s said that an Island has been planned in the center of the pool and the Island is all set to receive birds like Pelicans, Rosy Pelicans, Sarus cranes, Painted Stork etc.

As the first phase of development, the renovation work has been started in an area of 1.2 KM in the pool and the proposed amenities include Children’s play area, boat rides, Canteen, and bicycle riding lanes for the public.

This pool will have only treated water and the water treatment will be done by a new treatment plant that will be constructed in the on route to the canal.

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