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Is Madurai still the Athens of the East?

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N. Ramalingam.— Photo: G. Moorthy

 N. Ramalingam, from the The Indian Institute of Architects, comes out withsuggestions to make Madurai a likable, livable and lovable city.

The Smart ities Mission may well !rovide the defining moment for Madurai. "rban !lanners

look at it as an o!!ortunity to restore the glory of the city. #ice$chairman of Tamil Nadu

ha!ter of The Indian Institute of Architects N. Ramalingam comes out with suggestions to

make Madurai a likable, livable and lovable city.

34e all re5er to $adurai as the Athens o5 the East without understandin" its si"ni5icance(6 says

$r/ amalin"am/ Athens had the 7ree! pantheon located at an ele)ated plane which could *e

seen 5rom anywhere in the city/ Similarly( $adurai had the lo5ty towers o5 $eena!shi

Sundareswarar Temple till concrete structures hid their )iew/ 3Now( a*out a ma8ority o5 *uildin"s

ha)e )iolated the herita"e rule o5 nine metres in hei"ht/6 The temple towers can *e made )isi*le

 *y crac!in" down on all structures that are o)er nine metres tall/

 Another distinct 5eature o5 7ree! and oman cities was the pro)ision o5 pedestrian wal!ways and

lanes 5or sin"le )ehicle and two )ehicles/ The two-lane roads were mostly located on the outs!irts/

3The ori"inal structure o5 $adurai "i)es pre5erence only 5or pedestrians/6

$r/ amalin"am insists that 5ree 5low o5 tra55ic on city roads should *e *rou"ht down/ 39ehicles

can *e re-routed cloc!wise and anti-cloc!wise on important roads and streets so that they can

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reach the ad8oinin" areas throu"h the multiple connectin" streets/6 The *urden o5 par!in" o5

 )ehicles is o5 recent ori"in/ The challen"es posed *y de)elopment o5 *usiness and commerce to

the in5rastructure can *e met *y $adurai 1orporation *y operatin" mechanised multi-le)el

par!in" lots at select places/

People should *e a*le to reach a place a5ter par!in" their )ehicles within , minutes( he says/ Forthose who cannot wal!( *attery cars and decorated 8ut!as or ric!shaws should *e pro)ided/

7o**lin" up o5 ur*an open space *y *uildin"s is his ma8or concern/ 30oss o5 )alua*le open space

alienates the resident 5rom the city(6 he says/ 34e need open spaces as pu*lic han"outs in

di55erent scales at di55erent le)els/ A*sence o5 open space has created an ur*an illness(6 he says/

34e need to adopt a *lue-"reen approach( ta!in" care o5 *oth en)ironment and water sources(

towards ur*an re"eneration/ One such initiati)e will *e de)elopment o5 the 5i)e-!m-lon"

ri)er*an!s as ri)er5ront/6